Seiko BP-6000 User Manual

OWNER'S MANUAL

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Chiba, Japan

Warning:

“This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in strict accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

— Reorient the receiving antenna — Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. — Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the

receiver is connected.

— Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

“It is necessary to use shielded interconnect cables to insure compliance with FCC Class B limits for radio frequency emissions."

Caution: Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

OWNER'S MANUAL

1998 SEIKO Precision Inc.

18-pin wide-carriage

dot matrix printer

As an ENERGY STAR Partner, SEIKO Precision Inc. has determined that this product meets the ENERGY STAR guidelines for energy efficiency.

- Outline of the International ENERGY STAR O ffice Equipment Program -

The International ENERGY STAR Office Equipment Program is an innternational program that promotes energy saving through the use of computers and other office equipment. The program backs the development and dissemination of products with functions that effecyively reduce energy consumption. It is an open system in which businness proprietors can participare voluntarily. The targeted products are office equipment such as computers, displays, printers, facsimiler, and copiers. Their standarads and logos uniform among participating nations.

This manual is for the following two models of the printer.

Although these two models, Model A and Model B, look different, the difference is only the appearance of the casing areas at the front. The functions of these models are very much the same.

Refer to the manual of the model Model A, for the manual of the model Model B.

Model A

Model B

Contents

Unpacking the printer ........... 1

Quick startu p ......................... 2

1 . Introduction

Features ................................... 3

Options and expendables ............... 4

Printer description ...................... 6

2 . Setting up

Installing the paper rack ............... 10

Installing the sound seal cover ........ 10

Installing the ribbon cassette ........ 11

Connecting the computer .............. 12

Connecting the power cord ............. 12

Loading the paper ........................ 1 3

Adjusting the print head position....... 15

3 . Control panel and operations

Control panel and indicators ........... 1 6

Paper parking ............................. 20

Printing test pattern ..................... 21

Teari n g o ff a form ........................ 2 2

Power On Operation summary ........... 23

4 . Basic setup options

About basic setup options ............. 24

Selecting font style ..................... 26

Selecting character spacing ............ 27

Selecting page length for fanfold paper 28

Selecting single sheet paper size......... 29

Printing multipart paper ................ 3 0

Loading user setup options ............ 30

Printing list of option settings ....... 30

5 . Extended setup options

About extended setup options ......... 31

Basic setup option summury ............ 32

Extended setup option summury......... 33

Setting top of form position .......... 35

Paper width ............................... 35

Setting maximum print line length . .. 35

Line feed spacing ........................ 36

Override bottom margi n ................ 36

Autoscroll mode .......................... 37

Label mode ................................ 3 7

Set default page length ................. 38

Disable paper out detection ............ 38

Disable paper out buzzer ............... 3 8

Skip over perforation ................... 39

Line Feed Speed............................ 39

Set CSF (cut sheet feeder) type ......... 3 9

Emulation ................................. 40

National font style ...................... 40

Code page .................................. 41

EURO symbol(ISO 8859-1).................41

Slashed zero................................. 4 2

Character table ........................... 42

Carriage return (CR) ..................... 42

Line feed (LF) ............................ 43

Set vertical tabs (VT) in BP-A/I mode . 43

IBM 20 cpi character spacing .......... 43

IBM download character table ......... 43

Set italic character style ................ 44

Set bold character style ................ 4 4

Enable bar code command ............... 45

Set bar code type ......................... 45

Bar code size ............................. 46

Interface type ............................. 47

Parity bits ................................ 47

Data length ............................... 47

Stop bit ................................... 47

Communication protocol ............... 48

Communication speed ................... 48

Serial error check ........................ 48

CST signal setting ........................ 49

DSR signal setting........................ 49

CD signal setting ......................... 49

Communication buffer size ............ 50

ERROR/PE signal setting................ 50

Print direction ............................ 50

Invert LCD Display......................... 51

Energy Star ................................. 51

Saving user setup options .............. 51

Restore factory default setups ......... 52

Software controlled setup .............. 53

Reset Lock................................... 53

6 . Setting the application software

About printer driver ..................... 54

Printer driver selection ................. 54

7 . Troubleshooting

Error messages ............................ 55

Problem guide ............................. 56

Input hexadecimal dump mode ......... 57

8 . Maintenance

Cleaning .................................. 58

Lubrication ............................... 59

Printer cover removal ................... 59

Vertical alignment mode ................ 61

Appendices

A. Specifications

Printing specifications ............. 63

Parallel interface specifications . . 66

Serial interface specifications .... 67

Other specifications ................ 68

B. Control code summary

IBM mode ............................. 69

FX mode ............................... 74

BP-A/I mode ........................... 80

Setup options control codes ....... 84

Bar code control codes ............... 88

C. Character sets

FX Italic character set ............... 91

FX Italic character set, extended.... 91

FX Graphic character set ............ 92

FX Graphic character set, extended 9 2

IBM character set 1 .................. 93

IBM character set 2 .................. 93

IBM all character set ................ 9 4

International character set ......... 94

BP-A character set ................... 95

BP-I character set 1 ................. 9 5

BP-I character set 2 ................. 9 6

Code Pages ............................. 97

❏Power sourc e

• Be sure to insert the power plug only in a wall unit of the voltage designated in the voltage selector switch and on the rating plate on the back of the unit.

• Do not place the power cord near heat sources or place heavy objects on it. Do not bend or twist the power cord.

❏Foreign matter and water

• Keep your hands and personal items, such as scarfs and ties, away from the carriage mechanism while the printer is operating. The carriage moves with considerable force.

• Keep the printer dry. If you accidentally spill water on the machine, turn the power off immediately and wipe it dry. Do not turn the power on until the machine is completely dry.

❏Installation environment

• The printer should be used where humidity is low, where there is little dust, and where the printer is not in direct sunlight.

• Avoid placing or leaning anything on top of the printer. If you accidentally drop any object into the machine, turn the power off immediately, then carefully remove the object.

• Do not twist the ribbon while installing it.

❏Operating condition

• Wait at least two seconds after turning power off before turning it back again. The initialization process may not be performed correctly if this is not done.

• Do not touch the print head immediately after printing because it is too hot.

• Never operate the printer without paper or paper properly installed. If you use paper that is not as wide as the platen, be sure that printing does not exceed paper width. Use software control to change the width of the print line.

• Never insert or pull out an interface cable while the power to the printer and computer is on.

• Be sure to turn off the printer before turning off a connected host computer.

Caution for use

Paper Rack

Power Cord

Sound Seal Cover

Ribbon Cassette

Printer

Handbook

Reverse Control Panel

Operation Guide Sheet

PARKTOF SET

ENTER

SETUP

M.RLF

LF M.LFFF

TEAR

OFF RLFON LINE

P.OUT

LINE

POWER

EXIT

BIN

L C D

RESET

BUSINESS PRINTER

Handbook

CD-ROM

Driver-CD with Owner's Manual, printer driver software

Unpacking the printer

To make your first print, follow the procedure below . For more detailed instructions on setting your printer, please refer to the page indicated.

Self Test

❏ To set up the printer

1. Install the paper rack, the sound seal cover, and the ribbon cassette — Pages 10 and 11.

2. Load the single cut sheet paper or fanfold paper. Press the FF key to load the paper — Pages 13 and 14.

❏ To make a test print

1. Set the paper size to the printer in the setup options — Pages 28 and 29.

2. Press the LF key and hold while initializing the printer by the RESET key. Hold the LF key until the self test starts — Page 21.

❏ To connect your computer

1. With all equipment turned off, connect the printer to your computer. Interface cable is purchased separately — Page 12.

2. Use the extended setup options (emulation type and communication enhancement section) to match the specification needs between the printer and your computer — Pages 47 to 50.

3. Select the printer driver from your application software — Pages 40 and 54.

Quick startup

Features

❏ Wide selection of paper size

• Single cut sheet papers A3, A4, B4, B5, Letter, Legal

• Fanfold continuous paper 5 - 16 inch wide paper

• Multi-part paper Original plus 6 copies (total clearance: 0.41mm (0.016”) Double, triple, or quadruple strikes to strengthen the copy quality (Multipart mode)

• Labeling paper Label peel-proof capability

❏ Many variations of font types and character spacings

• 2 resident fonts Roman and Sans serif

• 6 character spacings 10, 12, 15, 17.1, 20 characters per inch (CPI), and proportional characters

❏ Easy operation

• User programmable files give an instant switch to different interface configuration.

❏ Superb compatibility and connectability

• Compatible to major printer emulations, IBM and Epson printers.

• Communication protocols adjustable to any computer.

• Interface connections provided for parallel and RS-232C.

• Parallel and serial interface are switched automatically, when "AUTO" setting is selected.

1. Introduction

Options and expendables

Cut Sheet Feeder Pull Tractor (#BP-57008)

Bin1 (#BP-78009)

Bin2 (#BP-78009E)

Matrix Print Head (#BP-57090-1) Ribbon Cassette (#SBP-1051)

The Cut Sheet Feeder provides fast and automatic feeding of Cut Sheet on the BP-6000. It greatly enhances the speed and efficiency of document printing by feeding of up to 80 single sheets of paper without reloading.

Paper dimensions

Length: 14.5"~7.0" Width : 15.0"~5.7"

Weight : 15~21 lbs.

We recommend the use of the Pull Tractor, especially, when using the extra-thick papers or performing continuous operation. This is the preferred path since it is the most efficient paper feed path.

1. Introduction

❏ Power cord

One of the following plug types is supplied. See "Connecting the power cord" on page 12.

Please see a rating plate on the back of your printer for appropriate input voltage and consult your dealer for a specific type of power cord.

120V For USA

240V For U.K.

240V For Australia

220-240V For Europe

1. Introduction

Paper Guide

Ribbon Cassette

Platen

Power Switch

Paper Select Lever (Friction Lever)

Head Adjustment Lever

Printhead

Paper Bail

Sound Seal Cover

Paper Rack

Paper Cutter

Top Rear Cover

Operator Panel

Tractor Cover

Tractor Lock Lever

Printer Cover

Rear Cover

Printer description

❏ Operation guide sheet

The operation guide sheet helps you to operate some of the basic options on the front control panel. You can peel the sheet backing paper to stick anywhere on your printer.

❏ Reverse control panel sheet

Installation

The reverse control panel sheet allows you to easily read the function key labels from the back of the printer. In situations where working from the back of the printer is convenient, simply lay the reverse control panel sheet in position over the standard control panel.

Note:

If you set the invert display mode in the extended setup options, the display messages also become upside down orientation.

PARK

TOF SET

ENTER

SETUP

M.RLF

M.LF

TEAR

OFF

RLF

ON LINE

P.OUT

LINE

POWER

EXIT

BIN

L C D

RESET

PARK

PAPER

ENTER

SETUP

M.RLF

M.LF

TEAR

OFF

RLF

LINE

P.OUT

LINE

POWER

EXIT

QUALITY

L C D

RESET

1. Introduction

❏ Physical dimension(Model A)

Weight: 44.1 lbs. (20 kg)

17.5" (445mm)

19.9" (505mm)

24.4" (620mm)

15.4" (390mm)

17.1" (435mm)

10.2" (260mm)

12.0 " (305mm)

Sound Seal Cover

11.6" (295mm)

∗Paper Rack in flat position

(Continuous paper setting)

∗Paper Rack in upright position

(Single sheet setting)

∗Paper Rack in flat position

(Continuous paper setting)

1. Introduction

❏ Physical dimension(Model B)

18.5" (470mm)

20.9" (530mm)

24.4" (620mm)

15.4" (390mm)

17.1" (435mm)

10.2" (260mm)

13.0" (330mm)

Sound Seal Cover

11.6" (295mm)

∗Paper Rack in flat position

(Continuous paper setting)

∗Paper Rack in upright position

(Single sheet setting)

∗Paper Rack in flat position

(Continuous paper setting)

Installing the paper rack

1. Slide both paper guide to the

extreme left and right edges of the paper rack.

2. With the two small pivots on either

side of the paper rack downward, fit the pivots in the groove on the rear top cover.

3. Place the paper rack in upright

position for single cut sheet paper and lay it down for fanfold continuous paper.

Installing the sound seal cover

1. Lay the sound seal cover upside

down on the printer.

2. Fit one of the holes of the cover to

the stud of the L-angle hinge on one side of the printer.

3. Fit the other hole to the other stud

by pressing the L-angle hinge inward then out through the hole.

The paper guides should be placed to the out edges during the installation or removal of the paper rack.

Make sure that both studs are out through the hole completely, otherwise, the sound seal cover will be stuck in place.

Note

2. Setting up

Pivots

Groove

Rear Top Cover

L-angle Hinge

Installing the ribbon cassette

Turn OFF the printer's power and before the installation. However, the power should remain ON if data is in the printer waiting to be printed.

1. Open the printer cover.

2. Manually move the print head to the extreme right side of the printer for easy installation of the

ribbon. Do not try to move the print head if the power is on.

3. Turn the ribbon feed knob in the direction of the arrow on the knob to remove any slack in the

ribbon.

4. Place the ribbon cassette on the left and right cassette holders, such that the ribbon rests on the

ribbon guide. Check to be sure that the ribbon drive shaft on the left cassette holder is inserted in the hole on the bottom of the ribbon cassette.

5. Turn the ribbon feed knob in the direction of the arrow on the knob to remove any slack in the

ribbon.

6. Replace the front printer cover and set the head adjustment lever to the proper position for the best

print quality.

Cassette Holders

Ribbon Guide

Ribbon Mask

Cassette Holder

2. Setting up

CAUTION Do not touch the print head if the printer has been running for a long time. Wait until the print head is cooled off.

Remove any slack from ribbon

Ribbon Feed Knob

Connecting the computer

The printer has a parallel interface connector (Centronics) and serial interface connector (RS-232C). Before you connect an interface cable to your computer, you need to know what type of printer driver is supported by your software applications and what type of connector is needed to attach the printer to the computer.

❏ Parallel Interface

36-pin plug

❏ Serial Interface

25-pin plug

Connecting the power cord

Check the power requirement printed on the rating plate on the rear of the printer before attaching the power cord and turning on the printer. Both POWER and P.OUT lamps light up when the printer is switched on correctly.

CAUTION

220-240V 120V

CAUTION

220-240V 120V

T5A 250V

T2.5A 250V(For European)

CAUTION

220-240V 120V

Voltage Selector

2. Setting up

120V : USA, Canada

220-240V : Europe,Asia,Oceania

For continued protection against risk of fire and destruction of power PCB Assembly, switch the voltage selector according to using voltage.

Note

Loading the paper

❏ Fanfold continuous paper

1. Move the friction lever qtoward the front of the printer to set the

FANFOLD paper setting.

2. Set the print head adjustment leverw. In general, position 1 is used for one-part paper. (See page 15)

3. Remove or open the rear cover eof the printer to lock the cover in the open position.

4. Release the tractor lock levers r (upward), and move the right tractor to the marked position as shown in the figure, and lock it in place.

5. Open both tractor covers t and place the fanfold paper so that the tractor pins are aligned with the holes in the paper. Carefully close both tractor covers.

6. After the paper is properly installed, re-adjust the left tractor to a position to keep the paper taut (but not too taut) between the left and right tractors.

7. To load the paper, press the PARK key or the FF key on the front panel. The fanfold paper is fed to the top-of-form position 17/72 inch (6mm) below the top edge of the paper. The top-of-form position can be adjusted from 0/72 inch to 180/72 inch (64mm) in the setup options.

8. The paper bail automatically lowers to press the paper against the platen when the leading edge of the paper feeds more than one inch onto the platen.

Be careful not to catch your finger when closing the tractor covers.

Caution

2. Setting up

Rear Cover

Not Too Taut !!

Left Tractor Cover

Left Margin Marker

Releasing direction

Tractor Cover

Right Tractor

Tracter Lock Lever

❏ Single sheets paper

1. Move the paper select lever qtoward the rear of the printer to the SINGLE SHEET setting.

2. Set the print head adjustment lever w. In general, position 1 is used for one-part paper. (See page 15)

3. Raise the paper rack to the vertical position and adjust the left paper guide e to the proper position for the size of the paper being used.

4. Place single sheet of paper against the paper rack and let it slide behind the platen.

5. Adjust the right paper guide so that it comfortably holds the paper in between the two paper guides.

6. Press the PARK key or the FF key to load the single sheet paper to the top-of-form position 17/72 inch (6mm) below the top edge of the paper. The top-of-form position can be adjusted from 0/72 inch to 180/72 inch (64mm) by using the front panel controls in the setup option.

7. The paper bail automatically lowers to press the paper against the platen when the leading edge of the paper feeds more than one inch onto the platen.

If the paper is not loaded on the proper mark, the printer may not detect the paper and will issue PAPER ERROR.

If the paper is not completely fed in, slightly push the paper downward. If it is still not fed in, look in the TROUBLESHOOTING section.

1. Extension Arms The extension arms are used to keep large size (Legal, B4) cut sheet paper from falling behind the paper rack. When using the extension arms, pull the arm until it clicks and locks in place.

2. RLF, M.RLF, TEAR OFF, PARK keys are invalid in the cut sheet paper.

Note

Notes

2. Setting up

Paper Size Marker

Extension Arms

Right Paper Guide

Paper Select Lever

Left Paper Guide

❏ Vertical print position alignment

Current print line location

The current printing line (DDD...) is the third line down from the top of the ribbon guide (line spacing is 1/6 line: 6 LPI).

Adjusting the print head position

The head adjustment is used to obtain the best print quality possible for the specific paper being used. The print head position can be adjusted to accommodate printing on single and multipart forms. When using multipart forms, move the print head adjustment lever toward the front of the printer to widen the gap between the print head and the platen.

In general, position 1 is used for one-part paper. Moving the head adjustment lever one notch adjusts the print head gap an amount corresponding to the addition of one more paper part. Re-adjustment of the lever may be required depending on the quality of the actual printout:

• If smears are shown on the paper, the gap is too narrow.

• If the printed image is too light to read, the gap is too wide.

0.5"

Ribbon Guide

2. Setting up

1. The print head adjustment lever should be set before loading the paper to avoid any

paper jams.

2. If the printed image on the last copy of a multipart form is too light to read, set the

MULTIPART mode in the basic setup options (see page 30). This will increase the striking intensity for multipart forms by double or more striking each character.

Notes

Upper limit: Single sheet First click: 2 layered paper 6th click: 5 layered papar (This scale is only the suggestive number of sheet

Head Adjustment Lever:

for non-carbon part-paper.)

Move toward the front of the printer for thicker paper

Control panel and indicators

Standard Panel

Alternate up-side down reverse panel

❏ Indicators

• Display window Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)

Displays status and errors during operation and menus in the setup options.

PARK

TOF SET

ENTER

SETUP

M.RLF

M.LF

TEAR

OFFRLF ON LINE

.OUT

LINE

POWER

EXIT

BIN

L C D

RESET

PARKTOF SET

ENTER

SETUP

M.RLF

LF M.LFFF

TEAR

OFF RLFON LINE

P.OUT

ON LINE

POWER

EXIT

BIN

L C D

RESET

The followings are some examples of the display messages.

If the printer is in the offline mode, the following appears on the display.

Note: Refer to the Basic setup options or Extended setup options for their display messages.

Status message

This indicates that the printer is in online and ready to print.

ONLINE

Warning message

This indicates that the printer cover is open. Close the cover to resume the operation .

COVER OPEN

Status message

This indicates a printing quality selected in the setup options.

This indicates that the printer is in offline.

OFFLINE DRAFT

QUALITY PRINT SAMPLE NLQ DRAFT S.DRAFT S.S.DRAFT

3. Control panel and operations

• Indicator lamps

❏ Function Keys

• ON LINE

Pressing this key places the printer offline so that the printer can perform some functions independent from host system. In the offline mode, data is not received. When the printer is offline, pressing the key places the printer online and ready to receive data from the host system.

The following keys are active only in the offline mode

• LF/RLF (Line feed and reverse line feed) When the LF/RLF key is pressed, paper is fed per the line spacing at the 6 line per inch forward or backward, respectively. While this key is pressed and held, the paper is continuously fed forward or backward, respectively.

Note:

The reverse line feed can not be used with single sheet paper.

• FF (Form feed) Pressing this key feeds the paper to the next top of form position. Single sheet paper is fed to eject.

• M.LF/M.RLF (Micro line feed/micro reverse line feed) When the M.LF/M.RLF key is pressed, the paper is fed 1/432 inch forward or backward, respectively. This key is used to set the paper position.

Note:

The micro reverse line feed can not be used with single sheet paper.

Lamp On Off Blinking

POWER Power On Power Off — (green)

ON LINE Online Offline Cover open, or Head overheat (green) protection activating

P.OUT Out-of-paper Paper-in Home sensor error, RAM error, (umber) or paper error.

ON LINE

.OUT

LINE

POWER

ON LINE

RLF

M.RLF

M.LF

3. Control panel and operations

• TOF SET Pressing this key sets the top of the form position at the current print head position. However, this TOF position will not be restored after the power is turned off.

• TEAR OFF [Used only for fanfold paper] Pressing this key advances the perforation of the form to the paper cutter so that the paper can be torn off from the rest.

If this key is pressed after the paper is torn off, the paper is fed backwards and the mode is returned to the offline mode. If the ON LINE key is pressed instead of the TEAR OFF key, the paper is fed backwards and then the mode is changed to the online mode.

• PARK (Paper parking) Pressing this key unloads the paper when the paper is loaded and loads the paper when the paper is not loaded.

Fanfold continuous paper (Paper select lever in fanfold setting) The paper is moved to the park position in the back of the printer by pressing this key. When pressing this key with the paper in the park position, the paper will be loaded to a print station which is between 0/72 and 180/72 inches from the leading edge of the paper, depending on the loading position programmed in the setup option.

Single sheet paper loaded (Paper select lever in single sheet setting) The paper in the print station will be ejected. When paper is in the paper rack, the paper is moved to the print station by pressing this key.

• RESET When the RESET key is pressed, the printer immediately enters the reset state and prepares for the initialize operation, which is nearly the same initialize operation as when the power is turned on.

TOF SET

TEAR OFF

PARK

RESET

PARK

TOF SET

ENTER

SETUP

M.RLF

M.LF

TEAR

OFFRLF ON LINE

.OUT

LINE

POWER

EXIT

BIN

L C D

RESET

3. Control panel and operations

• SETUP (Alternate to the EXIT) When the SETUP key is pressed in the offline mode, the printer enters the setup options. The setup options are explained later in the "Basic setup options".

In the setup options, this key is used as the EXIT key. When the key is pressed in the setup options, the printer exits from the setup options and enters the offline mode.

• BIN (Alternate to the ENTER) This key is for selecting the active paper tray of the cut sheet feeder or the paper feed method: BIN 1, BIN 2, BIN 1+2, or MANUAL. BIN 1, BIN 2, or BIN 1+2 appears only when the cut sheet feeder (CSF) option is set. To register, select and hold the key for one second.

Note

The paper select lever must be switched according to the selection.

In the setup options, this key is used as the ENTER key. When the key is pressed in the setup options, the current selection in the setup options will register to the printer.

• OTHERS

The ←, →, ↓, ↑ and ENTER keys become effective only in the setup options entered by pressing the SETUP key. For more information refer to "Basic setup options"

❏ Control Levers

• Paper Select Lever

The paper select lever serves to switch between the fanfold continuous paper setting and the single sheet paper setting (or CSF setting when CSF is installed).

•

Head adjustment Lever

This lever adjusts the gap between the print head and platen. The correct gap adjustment for a different paper thickness is required to obtain optimum print quality. See also page 15.

PARK

TOF SET

ENTER

SETUP

M.RLF

M.LF

TEAR

OFFRLF ON LINE

.OUT

LINE

POWER

EXIT

BIN

L C D

RESET

SETUP

EXIT

ENTER

BIN

3. Control panel and operations

Paper parking

This function moves fanfold paper back to the push tractor position (park station) so that single sheet paper can be used. Specially it is useful when switching from fanfold paper to single sheet paper.

• Pressing the PARK key removes the fanfold paper from the print station so that single sheet

paper can be used.

• Switching of the paper select lever is required for the actual mechanical switching of the paper

path.

• Pressing the PARK key when the printer is in the paper-out state loads the selected paper

(fanfold or single sheet) to the top-of-form position.

The following chart explains the paper handling of the PARK key in the offline state:

1. Make sure that the setting of the paper select lever corresponds to the type of paper being used.

2. The paper park function causes a PAPER ERROR in the following situations: a) when the fanfold paper does not set in the park station (at the push tractors) after

moving more than 22 inches backward

b) when the paper (fanfold or single sheet) is not autoloaded to the print position after

feeding more than 8 inches (At this time, the printer tries to sense the paper in the printer.)

c) when the single sheet paper is not ejected from the printer after advancing more

than 22 inches.

Paper Select Lever P.OUT Indicator Action

Continuous Paper ON Autoload the paper (similar to the FF key)

OFF Park the paper in the push tractor position

Single Sheets ON Autoload the paper (similar to the FF key)

OFF Eject the paper (similar to the FF key)

Notes

3. Control panel and operations

Printing test pattern

Before performing the printer's self test, be sure the ribbon cassette and paper are properly installed in the printer. The self test prints a continuous pattern of printable characters (ASCII character pattern) in either draft or near letter quality (NLQ). While test printing is executed, the ON LINE lamp blinks and the LCD indicates “SELF TEST”.

❏ To run the draft self test

Press the LF key while turning ON the printer's power. If the printer is already turned ON, the draft self test may be performed by pressing the LF key together with the RESET key. Keep pressing the LF key until the self test begins.

❏ To run the NLQ self test

Press both the LF and ON LINE keys simultaneously while turning ON the printer. If the printer is already turned ON, the NLQ self test may be performed by pressing both the LF and ON LINE keys simultaneously together with the RESET key.

Keep pressing the LF and ON LINE keys until the self test begins.

❏ To stop the self test temporarily

Press the ON LINE key to stop printing.

❏ To resume the self test

Press the ON LINE key again to restart printing.

❏ To terminate this function

Press the RESET key or turn off the power.

PARK

TOF SET

ENTER

SETUP

M.RLF

M.LF

TEAR

OFFRLF ON LINE

.OUT

LINE

POWER

EXIT

BIN

L C D

RESET

Before initiating the self test, make sure that the width of the paper, especially fanfold paper loaded in the printer fits within the maximum print length in a line selected in the extended setup options.

3. LINE WIDTH

WIDTH:13.6 INCH WIDTH: 8 INCH

Maximum printable column at 10 cpi

.................... 136 columns

.................... 80 columns

Note

3. Control panel and operations

Tearing off a form

(Used only with fanfold paper)

This function is activated by the TEAR OFF key and feeds fanfold paper so that the perforation is aligned with the paper cutter located at the top rear of the printer, thus enabling simple paper tearing. During the tear off operation, the FF, PARK, M.LF, and M.RLF keys are the only active keys and are used to correctly align the paper to the paper cutter.

After tearing off the form, pressing the TEAR OFF key a second time reverse feeds the paper to the top of the next available form.

Paper Cutter

Pressing the TEAR OFF key (or the ONLINE key) the second time may return the paper to the original print position when the top edge of the form does not pass above the paper cutter prior to the first TEAR OFF operation.

Note

3. Control panel and operations

Power-on operation summary

3. Control panel and operations

Operation (reference page)

Self test, draft (P21) Self test,NLQ (P21) Hex dump, draft (P57) Hex dump,NLQ (P57) Vertical alignment (P61) EEPROM initialize (P55)

ON LINE

PARK

TOF SET

M. LF

M. RLF

RLF

TEAR OFF

SETUP

BIN

RESET

POWER

1. Use either the RESET key or power switch when the circle is in both the RESET and POWER columns.

2. EEPROM initialize operation requires the vertical alignment operation after the execution of the EEPROM initialize.

Notes

About basic setup options

The setup options serve to define various initial states of the printer that are executed when the power is turned on or when the RESET key is pressed. In addition, this mode serves to redefine the font type, character spacing, and other parameters for the printer's current operating conditions. The parameters set in the setup options are stored in the memory of the printer and used as the default values in initialize operations.

❏ To set this option

When the SETUP key is pressed in the offline mode, the printer enters the function setup mode, where various functions can be set. The keys used in the function setup mode are described below.

←

and→[Alternate to the PARK and TOF SET]

These keys are used to change the menu in the display, but cannot be used to select a menu item.

↓

and

↑

[Alternate to the M.LF/M.RLF]

These keys are used to change an item within a menu in the display, but cannot be used to set an item parameter.

ENTER [Alternate to the BIN]

When this key is pressed while an item on the menu is displayed, the content of the item is stored in the memory of the printer. When the content of the item is saved, an asterisk (*) indicating that the item is the currently selected parameter is added at the end of the item.

EXIT [Alternate to the SETUP]

When this key is pressed, the printer exits from the setup options and enters the offline mode.

ONLINE

This key's function is similar to the EXIT key in that the printer exits from the setup options. At that time, if no errors or irregular conditions exist, the printer enters the online mode.

PARK

TOF SET

ENTER

SETUP

M.RLF

M.LF

TEAR

OFFRLF ON LINE

.OUT

LINE

POWER

EXIT

BIN

L C D

RESET

Select functionSelect menu

Exit setup to offline

Exit setup to online

4. Basic setup options

❏ Selection procedure example

The following example illustrates the correct procedure to select a letter-portrait paper size from the front panel:

1. Press the ON LINE key to enter the offline state. The LCD displays:

2. Press the SETUP key to enter the SETUP options. The LCD displays:

3. Press the Right Arrow (→ ) key to select the menu and to display:

4. Press the Down Arrow (↓ ) key to step down the function items, and to display:

5. Press the ENTER key to select letter-size portrait as the desired PAPER SIZE. The LCD

briefly displays the paper size with an asterisk at the end.

6. Press the EXIT key to terminate the setup options and return to the offline state or press the ON LINE key to return to the on line state.

❏ Setup Memory

Current memory

The printer contains one current memory for automatically storing the preset setup states and three user memories for storing data that is designated by the user. The current memory automatically stores the configuration when the setup options are terminated. When the power is turned on or when the RESET key is pressed, the printer automatically sets the configuration per the current memory. Thus, when entering the setup options, the contents of the current memory can be altered.

User memory

The user memories can store three different configurations. The user can set and recall the contents of the memory to configure the printer. When the power is turned on or when the RESET key is pressed, the contents stored in the user memories are not used as the initial values. To use the contents of the user memories as the initial values, it is necessary to select one of the user memories, MEM1 to MEM3, in the setup options and evoke the contents as the preset condition. To use the contents of the user memory as the current setup, it is necessary to display the “6. SELECT SETUP” on the menu and select one of the user memories. Exiting from the setup options with a user memory selected will cause the contents of the user memory to be stored in the current memory which then becomes the printer initial values.

To store a configuration in a user memory, display the “45. SAVE SETUP” selection in the advanced setup options and select one of the user memories. The current setup content is stored in the specified memory when exiting the setup options.

PG: LETTER PORT

OFFLINE DRAFT

1 FONT

4 PAGE SINGLE

4. Basic setup options

Selecting font style

Sets one of the font options. The font can be changed by a software command.

1 FONT

FONT: DRAFT FONT: S.DRAFT FONT: S.S.DRAFT FONT: ROMAN FONT:SANS SERIF

.................... Default font in a draft printing.

.................... Default font in NLQ print mode.

FONT PRINT SAMPLE DRAFT S.DRAFT S.S.DRAFT ROMAN SANS SERIF

4. Basic setup options (1)

Selecting character spacing

Sets one of the character spacings. When CODE is selected, the character spacing can be changed by a software command.

When speed draft or super speed draft is set while a fixed spacing is designated, the character spacing becomes 12 CPI or 15 CPI, respectively.

2 CHAR PITCH

PITCH: CODE PITCH: 5 CPI PITCH: 6 CPI PITCH: 10CPI PITCH: 12CPI PITCH: 15CPI PITCH: 17CPI PITCH: 20CPI

PROPORTIONAL

.................... Default character spacing is 10 cpi printing.

CHARACTER PITCH PRINT SAMPLE

5 CPI

6 CPI 10 CPI 12 CPI 15 CPI

17.1 CPI 20 CPI

Proportional

4. Basic setup options (2)

Selecting page length for fanfold paper

The page length selection varies`1` roughly from 2 inches to 22 inches according to the given options.

When CODE is selected, the page length can be changed by a software command. When the page length is other than CODE, it is a fixed length and a software command is ignored. The page length is the same as the distance between two perforations.

3 PAGE FANFOLD

PAGE: CODE PAGE: 2 INCH PAGE: 2.5 INCH PAGE: 3 INCH PAGE: 4 INCH PAGE: 4.5 INCH PAGE: 5 INCH PAGE: 5.5 INCH PAGE: 7 INCH PAGE: 8 INCH PAGE: 8.5 INCH PAGE: 10 INCH PAGE: 11 INCH PAGE: 12 INCH PAGE: 14 INCH PAGE: 15 INCH PAGE: 16 INCH PAGE: 16.5 IN PAGE: 17 INCH PAGE: 22 INCH

.................... Default page length is 11 inches.

The default page length can be set to 12 inches at "8.DEFAULT PG LNG" in the extended setup options on page 38.

TOF (Top Margin)

Lowest Bottom Margin (when skip perforation

mode is enabled)

Page Length

Print prohibited area

0/72" or more

Skip perforation area

4. Basic setup options (3)

Selecting single sheet paper size

The paper size of single sheet paper is set. The designated page length is only valid when the single sheet mode or CSF mode is selected. The relationships of the paper sizes with the number of printed columns (at 10 cpi) are described in the table below.

Note: A3 landscape can not be used in CSF.

4 PAGE SINGLE

PAGE: CODE PAGE: B5 PORT PAGE: B5 LAND PAGE: A4 PORT PAGE: A4 LAND PAGE: B4 PORT PAGE: B4 LAND PG: LETTER PORT PG: LETTER LAND PAGE:LEGAL PORT PAGE:LEGAL LAND PAGE: A3 PORT PAGE: A3 LAND

.................... Default page size is A4 portrait.

.................... "PORT" denotes portrait.

.................... "LAND" denotes landscape.

TOF (Top Margin)

Lowest Bottom Margin

Page Length

Print Prohibited area

Override BM area

0/72" or more

8mm

Paper Size Number Page Length Number

of Columns of Lines

(char./line) (mm) (line/page) B5 Portrait 68 232 54 B5 Landscape 98 157 37 A4 Portrait 80 272 64 A4 Landscape 114 185 43 B4 Portrait 98 339 80 B4 Landscape 136 232 54 Letter Portrait 82 255 60 Letter Landscape 108 191 45 Legal Portrait 82 330.1 78 Legal Landscape 136 191 45 A3 Portrait 114 395 93 A3 Landscape 136 272 64

CONDITIONS

• Character Pitch: 10 CPI

• Line Feed Pitch: 6 LPI

• Page Length : = Paper form length - 6mm (top margin) - 17mm (bottom margin) - 2mm (tolerance)

• Right and Left Margin: correspond to the scale on the paper bail. (The unit is the number of characters).

4. Basic setup options (4)

Printing multipart paper

The multipart mode increases the print intensity on multipart forms by striking the same character twice or more in several passes of the print head.

Loading user setup options

Loads one of three user designed setup options to the current active memory. This will replace and erase setup contents in the current memory. The printer has three setup storage areas that can store different setups. If you need to save the current setups before replacement, it is necessary to select the “45 SAVE SETUP” item in the extended setup options.

Note: When this function is executed, the printer will be initialized.

Printing list of option settings

This function prints the list of the current setups or/and all the setups of three memory areas. Press the ENTER key to start the selected item listing. This does not affect the current setting.

5 MULTIPART

COPY: NORMAL COPY: DARK1 COPY: DARK2 COPY: DARK3

.................... Print twice on the same character.

.................... Print three times on the same character.

.................... Print four times on the same character.

6 SELECT SETUP

SETUP: MEM1 SETUP: MEM2 SETUP: MEM3

7 SETUP LISTING

LIST: CURRENT LIST: ALL SETUP

.................... Lists current setups.

.................... Lists all setup listings including user memorys.

4. Basic setup options (5-7)

About extended setup options

The extended setup options contain various setup options which are used less frequently than the main setup options.

For the overview of the extended setup options, refer to Extended setup options summary.

❏ To set this option

By pressing the Down Arrow ( ↓ ) key at the last menu item in the main setup options, the printer enters the extended setup options, where various functions.

The keys and operation method in the extended setup options are the same as those in the basic setup options. If a modification is made in the setup options, store it in one of user defined memory areas described on page 51.

5. Extended setup options

PARK

TOF SET

ENTER

SETUP

M.RLF

M.LF

TEAR

OFFRLF ON LINE

.OUT

LINE

POWER

EXIT

BIN

L C D

RESET

Select functionSelect menu

Exit setup to offline

Exit setup to online

8 <SUB-MENU>

5. Extended setup options

BASIC SETUP OPTIONS

1.FONT

2.CHAR PITCH

3.PAGE

FANFOLD

4.PAGE

SINGLE

5.MULTIPART 6.SELECT SETUP

7.SETUP

LISTING

<8.SUB-MENU>

CODE*

B5 PORT

B5 LAND

A4 PORT

A4 LAND

B4 PORT

B4 LAND

LETTER PORT

LETTER LAND

LEGAL PORT

LEGAL LAND

A3 PORT

A3 LAND

CODE*22.534

4.555.578

8.51011

1214151616.51722

CURRENT*

ALL SETUP

The asterisk ( )indicates

the factory default setting.

DRAFT*

S.DRAFT

S.S.DRAFT

ROMAN

SANS SERIF

CODE*

5 CPI

6 CPI

10 CPI

12 CPI

15 CPI

17 CPI

20 CPI

PROPORTIONAL

NORMAL*

DARK 1

DARK 2

DARK 3

MEM 1

MEM 2

MEM 3

(Press both the SETUP key to enter the setup options.)

Setup options summary

key: Select menu

key: Select function item

ENTER key: Register function item

EXIT key: Exit setup options

To extended setup options

5. Extended setup options

EXTENDED SETUP OPTIONS

1.LOADING

ADJUST

2.PAPER WIDTH

3.LINE WIDTH 4.LF PITCH

5.OVERRIDE

6.AUTO SCROLL

7.LABEL MODE

8.DEFAULT

PG LENGTH

9.P.OUT

DETECT

10.P.OUT

BUZZER

11.1-INCH SKIP

14.EMULATION

19.CHARACTER

SET

The asterisk ( )indicates

the factory default setting.

DENMARK2

SPAIN 2

LATIN AMERICA

TURKEY

USA*

FRANCE

GERMANY

ENGLAND

DENMARK

SWEDEN

ITALY

SPAIN

JAPAN

NORWAY

11 INCHES*

12 INCHES

SKIP

NO*

YES

FX MODE*

IBM

BP-A

BP-I

ITALIC*

GRAPHIC

IBM SET1

IBM SET2

BP-A SET

437*

850

857

858

860

861

863

865

BRASCII

ABICOMP

ISO-1

ISO-15

437 Greek

772

774

851

852

TOP: +n/72 IN

(0 n 180)

SINGLE

WIDTH 9 IN

WIDTH 9 IN*

FANFOLD

WIDTH 9 IN*

WIDTH 9 IN

PRINT LINE

13.6 INCHES*

8 INCHES

CODE 6 LPI*

CODE 8 LPI

8 LPI

9 LPI

OVERRIDE

NO*

YES

AUTO SCROLL

NO*

TOF ONLY

ANY POS

LABEL MODE

NO*

YES

DETECTION

YES*

SOUND*

NO-SOUND

20.CR SETTING

21.LF SETTING 22.VT SETTING

23.20CPI

SETTING

24.DWNLD

CHR.SET

AUTO FEED*

CR+LF

CR ONLY

CR+LF*

LF ONLY

VT SETTING

WITH PRINT*

WITHOUT PRINT

YES*

DWNLD CHR.SET

COUNTRY*

MULTILINGUAL

13.CSF OPTION

INSTALLED

NO*

1 BIN

2 BIN

15.NATIONAL

FONT

16.CODE PAGE

NO-SRASH*

SLASHED

18.ZERO STYLE

YES

NO*

17.EURO SYMBOL

NORMAL*

1/2

12.LF SPEED

853

855

866

869

1250

1252

LTU-KBL

BULGARIA

IBM RUSS.

MAZOWIA

Code MJK

HUNGARIAN

USSR GOST

ISO-2

ISO-7

ISO-9

5. Extended setup options

42.PRINT DIR

29.BC SIZE

1.5

2.5

EAN13

UPC-A

UPC-E

POSTNET

ELEMENT

30.INTERFACE

31.PARITY BIT

33.STOP BIT

34.PROTOCOL

35.BAUD RT

BAUD RATE

NONE*

ODD

EVEN

7 BITS

8 BITS*

1 BIT*

2 BITS

DTR*

XON/OFF1

XON/OFF2

ETX/ACK

9600 BPS*

4800

2400

1200

36.SERIAL

ERROR

40.BUFFER SIZE

46.FACTORY SET.

47.SOFTWARE

SET.

PRINT *

IGNORED

SOFTWARE SETUP

NO*

YES

44.SLEEP MODE

ENERGY STAR

YES*

45.SAVE SETUP

MEM 1*

MEM 2

MEM 3

48.RESET LOCK.

YES

NO*

PRE-DIRECTION*

UNI-DIRECTION

BI-DIRECTION

PARALLEL*

SERIAL

AUTO

32.DATA LENGTH

MAX.*

8KB

20KB

MIN.

128B

41.ERROR

STATUS

STATUS SIGNAL

YES*

37.CTS ENABLE

YES

NO*

37.DSR ENABLE

YES

NO*

39.CD ENABLE

YES

NO*

43.INVERT DISP

NO*

YES

25.ITALIC

26.BOLD

ITALIC MODE

CODE*

ALWAYS

BOLD MODE

CODE*

ALWAYS

27.BARCODE

28.BC TYPE

BARCODE COMMAND

MODE 1*

MODE 2

IGNORED

BARCODE TYPE

INDSTRAL25

INTRLVD25

MATRIX

CODABAR

CODE11

CODE39*

CODE93

CODE128

EAN8

Setting top of form position

The top margin can be set using this function, anywhere from a minimum of 0/72 inch (0mm) to a maximum of 180/72 inches (64mm) by increments of 1/72 inch. Press the Up or Down arrow keys to increase or decrease the top margin setting, respectively. Press the ENTER key to select the desired setting.

Paper width

This function sets the paper width to be used in the printer. Depending on the paper width the print head will shift to the one half of the print width selected in this function to properly hold the paper in place, and to eliminate the possibillity of paper jams during loading.

Setting maximum print line length

This function sets the maximum printable length of a line of text. This function clears the data in the print buffer.

Note: Be sure to set the line width to 8 inches when using the paper of its width less than 8 inches. Otherwise, printing directly on the platen may cause an irregular printout or paper skew.

1 LOADING ADJST

TOP: + 0/72IN TOP: +nnn/72IN TOP: +180/72IN

2 PAPER WIDTH

SINGLE: >

9 IN SINGLE: <9 IN FANFOLD: >9 IN FANFOLD: <9 IN

.................... Default setting for a cut sheet paper

.................... Default setting for fanfold paper

3 LINE WIDTH

WIDTH:13.6 INCH WIDTH: 8 INCH

0/72~180/72 inches

(Setup #1 Loading adjust)

Printable area

0/72~180/72 inches

(Setup #1 Loading adjust)

5. Extended setup options (1-3)

Line feed spacing

One of the line feed spacing options from either 6, 8, or 9 line per inch (LPI) is selected. When CODE is selected, the line feed spacing can be changed by a software command. When no line spacing is set in the software command, this value (6 or 8 LPI) is used as a linefeed.

Override bottom margin

This function serves to reduce the bottom margin. In the standard designation, the bottom margin is set to 17 mm from the bottom edge of the paper. With this function, data can be printed up to 8mm from the bottom edge of the page. However, in this case, print quality is not assured due to the restriction of the printer mechanism.

4 LF PITCH

LF: CODE 6 LPI LF: CODE 8 LPI LF: 8 LPI LF: 9 LPI

5. Extended setup options (4-5)

5 OVERRIDE PRINT

OVERRIDE: NO OVERRIDE: YES

BOTTOM MARGIN

OVERRIDE PRINT OVERRIDE PRINT OVERRIDE PRINT

8 mm

17 mm

Autoscroll mode

The Autoscroll function automatically advances the paper to the tear off position when no data exists in the communication buffer and no new data is received for a period of 1 second.

This feature is very beneficial when it is necessary to print a single invoice, and tear it off immediately following printing.

In the case of "TOF ONLY" : Auto scroll is performed only when the present position, after the printing, is at TOF. In the case of "ANY POS" : Autoscroll is performed at any position after the printing if the perforation is between the paper cutter and the print head.

Note: Autoscroll becomes invalid when the label protect mode is set active.

Label mode

(valid only in fanfold setting)

Label mode is designed to prevent continuous forms labels from being peeled from the backing sheet and becoming jammed in the printer.

When the top edge of the label is positioned at the top of the platen for more than 10 seconds, the label is automatically repositioned away from the platen. When data is received by the printer, the labels are automatically fed to the original position before printing begins.

6 AUTO SCROLL

SCROLL:NO SCROLL:TOF ONLY SCROLL:ANY POS

5. Extended setup options (6-7)

7 LABEL MODE

LABEL MODE: NO LABEL MODE: YES

.................... Set label protect mode off.

.................... Set label protect mode on.

Platen

Label

Backing Paper

Set default page length

This function selects a default page length of either 11 or 12 inches at the time of printer initialization. This selection is only valid when CODE is selected as the PAGE LENGTH setting in the main setup options.

Disable paper out detection

When the paper empty detection function is disabled, the printer will not stop printing when a paper empty error is detected and a software command with respect to the paper empty detection function is not accepted.

Disable paper out buzzer

When SOUND is set and the paper empty condition is detected, the alarm sounds for one second. When the NO-SOUND is set, the alarm does not sound. However, when P.OUT DETECT is disabled, regardless of the alarm setting, the alarm does not sound.

8 DFLT PG LENGTH

PAGE LNGTH:11 PAGE LNGTH:12

5. Extended setup options (8-10)

.................... Page Length is 11 inches.

.................... Page Length is 12 inches.

9 P.OUT DETECT

DETECTION: YES DETECTION: NO

.................... Set paper empty detection on.

.................... Set paper empty detection off.

10 P.OUT BUZZER

BUZZER: SOUND BUZZER:NO-SOUND

.................... Set paper empty detection alarm on.

.................... Set paper empty detection alarm off.

Skip over perforation

This function automatically leaves one inch of unprinted lines at the end of the page and linefeeds the paper to the next top of form. If the page length is smaller than 5 inches, this function is ignored. The skip perforation software command overrides this function.

Line Feed Speed

This function specifies the line feed speed. The 1/2 LF speed feeds paper more stably. It is useful for thick paper, labeled sheets and multipart paper in continuous printing.

Set CSF (cut sheed feeder) type

A function for defining the CSF configuration. The CSF type, single tray or double tray canbe set when the CSF is installed. See "Options and expendables" on page 4. When either single or double CSF is selected, the paper tray (bin 1 for single CSF and bin 1 and 2 for double CSF) can be selected by the BIN key on the front control panel.

5. Extended setup options (11-13)

11 1-INCH SKIP

1-INCH SKIP:NO 1-INCH SKIP:YES

.................... Defaults to non-skip over perforation.

12 LF SPEED

LF SPEED:NORMAL LF SPEED:1/2

13 CSF OPTION

INSTALLED:NO INSTALLED:1 BIN INSTALLED:2 BIN

.................... No CSF installed

.................... Single CSF installed

.................... Double CSF installed

Emulation

The desired emulation mode of the printer can be selected using this function. When this function is executed, the printer is initialized.

National font style

One of the following 14 national fonts can be selected. When IBM Character Set 2 is selected, the Denmark, Denmark2, and Norway fonts take the same characters as the U.S.A. font except that their codes 9Bh changes from "¢" to "ø", and 9Dh from "¥" to "Ø".

14 EMULATION

EML: FX MODE EML: IBM MODE EML: BP-A MODE EML: BP-I MODE

.................... Epson FX-1050 compatible.

.................... IBM Proprinter III XL compatible.

.................... Seikosha BP-5460 Standard emulation.

.................... Seikosha BP-5460 IBM emulation.

5. Extended setup options (14-15)

15 NATIONAL FONT

U.S.A. FRANCE GERMANY ENGLAND DENMARK SWEDEN ITALY SPAIN JAPAN NORWAY DENMARK SPAIN 2

LATN AMERICA

TURKEY

ASCII HEXADECIMAL

23 24 40 5B 5C 5D 5E 60 7B 7C 7D 7E

Code page

The default code page can be selected using this function. Refer to the code page table in Appendix C.

EURO symbol (ISO 8859-1)

This function specifies the EURO symbol " " at the code A4H in the character set ISO 8859-1.

5. Extended setup options (16-17)

16 CODE PAGE

C.P.: 437 C.P.: 850 C.P.: 857 C.P.: 858 C.P.: 860 C.P.: 861 C.P.: 863 C.P.: 865 C.P.: BRASCII C.P.: ABICOMP C.P.: ISO-1 C.P.: ISO-15 C.P.: 437 Gr C.P.: 772 C.P.: 774 C.P.: 851 C.P.: 852 C.P.: 853 C.P.: 855 C.P.: 866 C.P.: 869 C.P.: 1250 C.P.: 1252 C.P.: LTU-KBL C.P.: BULGA. C.P.: IBM RUSS. C.P.: MAZOWIA C.P.: MJK C.P.: HUNGARIAN C.P.: USSR GOST C.P.: ISO-2 C.P.: ISO-7 C.P.: ISO-9

.................... USA

.................... Multilingual.

.................... Turkish

.................... Multilingual(Euro).

.................... Portuguese

.................... Icelandic

.................... Canadian-French

.................... Norwegian

.................... Brazilian-Portuguese

.................... ISO 8859-1

.................... ISO 8859-15

.................... Greek

.................... Lithuanian

.................... Greek

.................... East Europe

.................... Turkey

.................... Cyrillic

.................... Russian

.................... Greek

.................... Latin 2

.................... Latin 1

.................... Lithuanian-KBL

.................... Bulgarian

.................... IBM Russian

.................... MAZOWIA(Polish)

.................... Code MJK(CSFR)

.................... Hungarian

.................... USSR GOST (Russian)

.................... ISO 8859-2

.................... ISO 8859-7

.................... ISO 8859-9

17 EURO SYMB

EURO SYMBOL: YES EURO SYMBOL: NO

.................... The EURO symbol " "is printed at the code A4H.

.................... " " is printed at the code A4H.

Slashed zero

The zero style is selected as either “0” (no-slash) or “Ø” (slashed).

Character table

One of character sets is selected. The character set availability depends on the emulation mode selected as shown in each selection.

Carriage return (CR)

A carriage return (ASCII code 0Dh or 13) causes data in the buffer to be printed and the carriage to be moved to the next logical print position. The options shown below can be selected when issuing a carriage return (CR code). Autofeed is effective for the system using parallel interface and AUTO FEED signal to control the carriage return with or without a line feed. The autofeed signal must be low to add a line feed to every CR code when the printer is initialized. Refer to the specification of your host system.

19 CHARACTER SET

CH.SET: ITALIC CH.SET: GRAPHIC CH.SET:IBM SET1 CH.SET:IBM SET2 CH.SET:BP-A SET

FX mode only See italic and graphic tables on pages 91 and 92. IBM and BP-I mode only See IBM character set 1 and 2 tables on page 93. BP-A mode only See BP-A character table on page 95.

20 CR SETTING

CR: AUTOFEED CR: CR+LF CR: CR ONLY

.................... Autofeed signal enabled

.................... Carriage return with a line feed

.................... Carriage return without a line feed

5. Extended setup options (18-20)

18 ZERO STYLE

ZERO: NO-SLASH ZERO: SLASHED

.................... “0” (no-slash) is selected.

.................... “

” (slashed) is selected.

Line feed (LF)

A function for executing the carriage return operation when receiving the line feed command (LF code) is selected or deselected.

Set vertical tabs (VT) in BP-A/I mode

This function sets the vertical tab command code (0Bh) in BP-A or BP-I mode either to move to next vertical tab with or without printing buffer content.

IBM 20 cpi character spacing

This function selects a condensed elite character (20 cpi) to be printed in either 20 cpi as in the latest IBM emulation or 12 cpi (normal elite character spacing which is used in the IBM emulation, Proprinter II or older).

IBM download character table

This function selects between the country and multilingual character sets to be used in the download area. See the character sets in appendix.

22 VT SETTING

VT: WITH PRINT VT:WITHOUT PRNT

.................... Move to a next vertical tab after printing.

.................... Move to a next vertical tab without printing.

23 20CPI SETTING

IBM 20CPI: YES IBM 20CPI: NO

24 DWNLD CHR ST

COUNTRY SET MULTILINGUAL

5. Extended setup options (21-24)

21 LF SETTING

LF : LF ONLY LF : CR+LF

.................... Line feed without a carriage return

.................... Line feed with a carriage return

Set italic character style

This function simply selects all print output to be in italic character style.

Set bold character style

This function simply selects all print output to be in bold character style.

25 ITALIC

ITALIC: CODE ITALIC: ALWAYS

.................... Defaults to the current set command code

.................... Always printed in italic character style

26 BOLD

BOLD : CODE BOLD : ALWAYS

.................... Defaults to the current set command code

.................... Always printed in bold character style

5. Extended setup options (25-26)

Enable barcode command

This function enables the printer to accept the bar cord command and to print the bar cord accordingly.

Set barcode type

This function selects a type of bar code. Bar code type element enables a user to print bar code by varying width of narrow bar, wide bar, narrow space, wide bar,

or intercharacter gap.

See Appendix B, "Bar code control code" for details.

27 BARCODE

BC : MODE 1 BC : MODE 2 BC : IGNORED

28 BC TYPE

TYPE: INDST25 TYPE: INTRL25 TYPE: MTRIX TYPE: CODABA TYPE: CODE11 TYPE: CODE39 TYPE: CODE93 TYPE: C128 TYPE: EAN-8 TYPE: EAN-13 TYPE: UPC-A TYPE: UPC-E TYPE: POSTNET TYPE: ELEMENT

5. Extended setup options (27-28)

.................... ESC SO and ESC SI can not be used for.

.................... ALL control command are valide.

.................... Bar Code is invalid.

Bar code size

This function specifies the default bar code size.

The tables below show bar code sizes and attributes.

5. Extended setup options (29)

29 BARCODE SIZE

SIZE : 1 SIZE : 1.5 SIZE : 2 SIZE : 2.5

HRI PRINT BELOW HRI FONT Current CHECK CHARACTERS Added PRINT DENSITY 1/120 inch

SIZE 1 1.5 2 2.5 NARROW BAR 2/120inch 3/120inch 4/120inch 5/120inch

WIDE BAR 6/120inch 9/120inch 12/120inch 15/120inch NARROW SPACE 2/120inch 3/120inch 4/120inch 5/120inch WIDE SPACE 6/120inch 9/120inch 12/120inch 15/120inch INTER CHARA.GAP 2/120inch 3/120inch 4/120inch 5/120inch BAR HEIGHT 8/12inch 8/12inch 12/12inch 12/12inch

Interface type

The parallel interface or the serial interface is selected. When this function is executed, the printer is initialized. See "Connecting the computer" on page 12 for correct selection and connection of the interface cable.

Parity bit (serial interface)

This function selects the appropriate parity bit in the transmission data frame.

Data length (serial interface)

This function selects the appropriate data length.

Stop bit (serial interface)

This function selects the appropriate number of stop bits.

5. Extended setup options (30-33)

33 STOP BIT

STOP BIT: 1 BIT STOP BIT: 2 BIT

32 DATA LENGTH

LENGTH: 8 BITS LENGTH: 7 BITS

30 INTERFACE

I/F: PARALLEL I/F: SERIAL I/F: AUTO

31 PARITY BIT

PARITY: NONE PARITY: ODD PARITY: EVEN

.................... Parallel and serial interface are switched

automatically.

Communication protocol (serial interface)

This function selects the appropriate communications protocol. Refer to the specification of your host system for selecting proper communication protocol.

Note: The XON/XOFF 1 differs from the XON/XOFF 2 in that the XON code (11h) is sent from the printer at power-on in the XON/XOFF 1 protocol.

Communication speed (serial interface)

This function selects the appropriate baud rate for the data transmission speed.

Serial error check (serial interface)

This function selects the printer's response to a serial data transmission error. The serial data transmission error includes a parity error, framing error, and over-run error. If "PRINT" is enabled, the data in error is printed as an asterisk(*). If "IGNORED" is enabled, the data in error is discarded.

5. Extended setup options (34-36)

36 SERIAL ERROR

S.ERROR: PRINT S.ERROR:IGNORED

35 BAUD RT

SPEED: 9600 BPS SPEED: 4800 BPS SPEED: 2400 BPS SPEED: 1200 BPS

34 PROTOCOL

DTR XON/OFF1 XON/OFF2 ETX/ACK

.................... Busy/Ready protocol

.................... Set XON/XOFF 1.

.................... Set XON/XOFF 2.

CTS signal (serial interface)

This function accepts or ignores the CTS (Clear to Send) signal from the host.

DSR signal (serial interface)

This function accepts or ignores the DSR (Data Set Ready) signal from the host.

CD signal (serial interface)

This function accepts or ignores the CD (Carrier Detect) signal from the host.

5. Extended setup options (37-39)

37 CTS ENABLE

CTS: NO CTS: YES

........... Ignores the CTS signal

........... Functions according to the CTS signal from the host

39 CD ENABLE

CD: NO CD: YES

........... Ignores the CD signal

........... Functions according to the CD signal from the host

38 DSR ENABLE

DSR: NO DSR: YES

........... Ignores the DSR signal

........... Functions according to the DSR signal from the host

Communication buffer size

This function selects the maximum size of the input buffer. An appropriate selection is displayed according to another setup options like the emulation type of either IBM or FX mode. When the selection of this function is completed, the printer is intialized. The buffer size affects the signal protocol in serial data communication. In these protocols the printer's busy/ready state changes according to the data remaining values in the buffer.

Setting of whether ERROR/PE signals are output or not.

(1) Setting is made whether or not ERROR and PE signals for the parallel interface are output. (2) When "NO" is selected, ERROR signal remains HIGH, and PE signal remains LOW, in any

situation.

Print direction

Selects either pre-directional printing, bi-directional printing, or uni-directional printing.

• Pre-directional printing: Whenever a double pass of the print head is required, the direction of the second pass is the same as that of the first pass. This logic-seeking, unidirectional printing can be used, therefore, in modes such as double strike and double height printing. The logic seeking capability is executed before the first pass of the print head. The printing direction of all paths is the same as that of the first pass.

• Bi-directional printing: Successive passes of the print head alternate between the left-right and right-left direction.

• Uni-directional printing: Data is always printed in a single direction from the left to the right. This selection on the front panel will ignore a software print direction command.

When unidirectional printing is set, a software command with respect to the printing direction

is not accepted. When pre-directional printing or bidirectional printing is set, a software bidirectional command is executed.

5. Extended setup options (40-42)

1 Ready to busy (CIN) Busy to ready (CRN)

B.SIZE:20KBor8KB

1k bytes 2k bytes

B.SIZE:128B 32 bytes 64 bytes

40 BUFFER SIZE

B.SIZE:20KB B.SIZE:8KB B.SIZE:128B

.................... FX, BP-A/I mode

.................... IBM mode

.................... Minimum input buffer size in any mode

42 PRINT DIR

PRE-DIRECTION UNI-DIRECTION BI-DIRECTION

.................... Default print direction

.................... Ignores the software command (ESC U).

41 ERROR STATUS

STATUS SIG.:YES STATUS SIG.:NO

Invert LCD display

This function sets up-side down text display in the LCD. Use with the reverse control panel sheet. (See page 7)

Setting of ENERGY STAR

(1) Set the power conservation standby mode. (2) When this mode is valid, if the HC and (or) LF motors stop, the current to HC, LF,

FAN, and the ribbon motor is interrupted 14 minutes later then the standby power conservation mode is engaged. Switching to the normal mode is effected when any mechanical action is required.

Saving user setup options

This function saves the current setup into one of three memory areas. Press the ENTER key to store the current setup in the desired memory area. This does not affect the current setting.

5. Extended setup options (43-45)

45 SAVE SETUP

SETUP: MEM1 SETUP: MEM2 SETUP: MEM3

43 INVERT DISP

INVERT: NO INVERT: YES

44 SLEEP MODE

SLEEP MODE:YES SLEEP MODE:NO

Restore factory default setups

This function selects to initialize the printer to the factory setting. Press the ENTER key to restore the factory setting in all setup options, Otherwise; press any other key to cancel this option. "SETUP : COMPLETED" is displayed at the completion of the execution.

.................... "SETUP: COMPLETED" is displayed immediately

after pressing the ENTER key.

46 FACTORY ST

PRESS ENTER SW

Option Menu Factory Default

1. FONT DRAFT

2. CHAR PITCH CODE (10 CPI)

3. PAGE (FANFOLD) CODE (11")

4. PAGE (SINGLE) CODE (A4 PORT)

5. MULTIPART NORMAL

6. SELECT SETUP

7. SETUP LISTING CURRENT

1. LOADING ADJUST 17/72"

2. PAPER WIDTH SINGLE: <9"

FANFOLD: ≥9"

3. LINE WIDTH 13.6"

4. LF PITCH CODE (6 LPI)

5. OVERRIDE PRINT NO

6. AUTO SCROLL NO

7. LABEL MODE NO

8. DEFAULT PG LNG 11"

9. P.OUT DETECT YES

10. P.OUT BUZZER YES

11. 1-INCH SKIP NO

12. LF SPEED NORMAL

13. CSF OPTION NO

14. EMULATION FX MODE

15. NATIONAL FONT USA

16. CODE PAGE 437

17. EURO SYMBOL NO

18. ZERO STYLE NO-SLASH

19. CHARACTER SET ITALIC

20. CR SETTING AUTO FEED

Option Menu Factory Default

21. LF SETTING CR+LF

22. VT SETTING WITH PRINT

23. 20CPI SETTING YES

24. DWNLD CHR.SET COUNTRY

25. ITALIC CODE

26. BOLD CODE

27. BARCODE MODE1

29. BC SIZE 1

30. INTERFACE PARALLEL

31. PARITY BIT NON

32. DATA LENGTH 8 BITS

33. STOP BIT 1 BIT

34. PROTOCOL DTR

35. BAUD RT 9600 BPS

36. SERIAL ERROR PRINT

37. CTS ENABLE NO

38. DSR ENABLE NO

39. CD ENABLE NO

40. BUFFER SIZE MAXIMUM

41. ERROR STATUS YES

42. PRINT DIR PREDIRECTION

43. INVERT DISP NO

44. SLEEP MODE YES

45. SAVE SETUP

46. FACTORY SET

47. SOFTWARE SET. NO

48. RESET LOCK NO

5. Extended setup options (46)

Software controlled setup

This function enables or disables a control on the setup options from the specially provided software command. See "Printer setup command codes" section in Appendix B.

Lock the RESET key

This function locks up the RESET key during the online mode in order to avoid an accidental reset during printing.

5. Extended setup options (47-48)

48 RESET LOCK

LOCK: NO LOCK: YES

47 SOFTWARE SET

SOFTWARE: NO SOFTWARE: YES

About printer driver

Printer Driver is a section of your software that automatically translates instructions from the

software to your printer. For example, when using some application software, if you want to boldface or underline

word, the printer driver automatically translates your specific boldface or underline

instruction

on your application software to printer control command.

Different printers use different control codes for designating print styles. Therefore, it is important that when you install your software, you select the appropriate printer driver designed for your printer.

When WINDOWS 3.1, WINDOWS NT 4.0, or WINDOWS 95, 98 is used, please install the Printer Driver in the attached Floppy Disk to WINDOWS.

When this printer in the MS-DOS or other environment, such as UNIX or OS/2, proceed as follows.

Printer driver selection

Select a suitable printer driver from the list of supported printers. This would include either the Epson FX-1050 or IBM Proprinter III XL. Each of these printer drivers should allow you to access many of the features on your printer.

If this printer is not listed, look for the following printer drivers. While this should allow you to print your document with your printer, it probably will not allow you to access the many features of the printer. A few of the choice you may see are given below in order of preferences.

FX or IBM mode:

SEIKO Precision Epson IBM

(15" printer driver) FX-1050 Proprinter III XL

FX-286e Proprinter II XL EX-1000 Proprinter XL FX-286 FX-185 FX-100+ FX-100 FX, LX, MX

(10" printer driver) FX-850 Proprinter III

FX-86e Proprinter II EX-800 Proprinter FX-85 Graphics Printer

BP-A or BP-I mode:

SEIKO Precision Epson IBM

BP-5460 FX (BP-A) Graphics Printer (BP-I) BP-5420

Note: Set the emulation type in the extension setup options accordingly to the selection of printer driver. For example, Epson FX-1050 printer driver selection should set the emulation type to FX mode.

6. Selection of printer driver

If an error occurs during printing, you will get several warnings. A buzzer sounds, P.OUT lamp blinks, and an error message appears in the display window of the front control panel.

❏ Error Messages

Error Message Cause and Solution

CARRIAGE ERROR

RAM ERROR

EEPROM ERROR

FAN ERROR

HEAD PROTECTION

(ON LINE indicator blinks.)

PAPER ERROR

(Buzzer sounds 3 times.)

PAPER OUT

COVER OPEN

POWER DOWN!!

The printer cannot detect the print head position.

◆ Turn off the printer immediately. After a brief wait, turn

the printer on again.

Internal RAM does not function properly.

◆ Turn the printer off and back on again. If the error persists,

consult your dealer.

Checksum error occurred in EEPROM IC chip.

◆ Reset the error status by the following procedure:

Hold down the PARK, TOF SET, M.LF, and LF keys all together while turning on the power to the printer. If the error persists, consult your dealer.

WARNING:

All registered settings in the printer will be cleared, e.g. settings in setup options and in vertical alignment data. You will have to make re-adjustment (see page 61).

Abnormal fan operation is detected.

Long continuous printing may overheat the print head.

◆ The printer stops temporarily and restarts automatically

when the print head temperature lowers to a safe level.

Paper jam or improper paper operation occur.

◆ If paper parking is not completed, press the PARK key.

Otherwise reload the paper.

Paper is not loaded in the printer.

◆ Load paper (pages 13 and 14).

One of the printer covers are open.

◆ Close the cover to restart the operation.

Abnormal current is detected.

◆ The printer is automatically turnoff.

Stop using the printer, and contact the dealer.

7. Troubleshooting

❏ Problem guide

Problem Cause and Solution

POWER lamp fails to light

Printer stops or slows down on printing

P.OUT lamp lights incorrectly

Poor quality printing or smudging of the paper

Some characters miss printing

Incorrect character printed

Paper not advancing

Fanfold paper slips

Extra line feed

Paper jam

Paper Bail abnormal operation

◆ Power cord and power connection fail.

◆ Blown fuse in the printer.

◆ Print head has overheated. Wait until it has cooled down.

◆ Paper detect sensor may be damaged.

◆ Sensor hole is clogged.

◆ Old or worn out ink ribbon needs to be replaced.

◆ Print head adjustment lever is not set correctly.

◆ Print head may need to be cleaned or replaced.

◆ Ribbon cassette is not properly installed.

◆ Host system control and data code may not match the

printer's setup.

◆ Incorrect friction lever setting.

◆ Stack of fanfold paper behind the printer is placed

crookedly.

◆ Friction lever is in the cut sheet setting.

◆ The carriage return sub-menu selection is set incorrectly.

◆ Paper is curled.

◆ Move friction lever to the fanfold paper setting and

carefully remove the jammed paper.

◆ Electric Noise on the printer. Turn OFF the printer and wait

until all the electric noises are discharged from the printer (one minute), and then turn it back ON again. Consult your dealer if the error persists.

7. Troubleshooting

❏ Input Hexadecimal Dump Mode

The Input hexadecimal dump capability of the printer enables monitoring of data as it is sent to the printer. Each Escape Sequence, Control Code, and ASCII character sent from the computer to the printer is output in a two-digit hexadecimal format. Such printing is initiated after 16 bytes of data have been transmitted to the printer. Hexadecimal values and their corresponding ASCII characters between the values 20h to 7Eh are printed on each line.

To run this mode in draft printing

Press the FF key while turning ON the printer or pressing the RESET key. Hold down the FF key until the LCD displays "HEXDUMP"

To run this mode in NLQ printing Press the FF and ONLINE keys simultaneously while turning ON the printer or pressing the RESET key. Hold down the FF and ONLINE keys until the LCD displays "HEXDUMP"

To terminate this mode Press the RESET key or turn off the power.

Example

10 REM HEXADECIMAL DUMP LIST EXAMPLE 20 OPEN "LPT1:"AS #1 30 WIDTH #1,255 40 PRINT #1,"ABC";CHR$(13);CHR$(10); 50 PRINT #1,"123";CHR$(13);CHR$(10); 60 PRINT #1,"HENRY IS HANDSOME" 70 END

00000 41 42 43 0D 0A 31 32 33 0D 0A 48 45 4E 52 59 20 ABC..123..HENRY 00010 49 53 20 48 41 4E 44 53 4F 4D 45 0D IS HANDSOME.

PARK

TOF SET

ENTER

SETUP

M.RLF

M.LF

TEAR

OFFRLF ON LINE

.OUT

LINE

POWER

EXIT

BIN

L C D

RESET

ASCII characters are printed according to hexadecimal codes of the data. Codes other than 1Bh and 20h to 7Eh are printed as “.” (2Eh). For the code 1Bh, “IE ” is printed in draft mode and “

” is printed in NLQ mode.

Note

7. Troubleshooting

❏ Cleaning

Minimum periodical cleaning will ensure the maximum performance from your printer. Do not spill or splash a cleaning liquid inside the printer. Please refer to the "Printer cover removal" on page 59 to remove the covers for cleaning.

Before cleaning the printer, be sure to turn off the power and disconnect the power cord. (When cleaning the platen, power may be required.)

Inside the printer

Thoroughly vacuum these area. Remove any collected paper dust and particles.

Exterior Casings

Clean with a soft cloth dampened with a mild detergent.

FPC cable plastic binder

Make sure that the binder clamps the cable securely.

Platen

Inside the printer

Exterior Casing

◆ Use a platen cleaner, or any weak alcohol solvents, to remove any

ink from the platen and bail rollers. Do not apply any other liquid chemical to the platen.

Note

Even with a specified platen cleaner, frequent use of the liquid is not recommended. Apply only when it is necessary.

◆ Use a vacuum cleaner to remove paper dust and particles from

inside the printer. A small brush is suitable for removing paper dust from hard-to-get-at areas.

◆ Clean with a soft cloth dampened with a mild detergent. Never

use organic solvents such as alcohol or thinner.

Note

8. Maintenance

❏ Lubrication

In the case of heavy use of the printer, apply a specified lubricating oil only to the front and rear metal carriage bar. When applying the lubricant to the carriage bars, spread the oil by manually moving the print head back and forth along the carriage bar.

Consult your dealer to obtain the recommended lubricating oil. Do not use an unspecified oil, or it may reduce the printer's performance drastically.

❏ Printer cover removal

Oiling

Clean thorougly with a dry cloth, then apply specific type of lubricants: Cosmo Hydro (HV#22) recommended.

Front bar

Rear bar

Rear Top Cover Removal

◆ Remove the Rear Cover.

Open the Rear Cover to the level position and pull it.

◆ Remove the two Stoppers for the Rear

Top Cover.

Detach the two screws to remove the two Stoppers.

◆ Remove the Rear Top Cover.

Slide the Rear Top Cover toward the rear and raise it to vertical position and lift straight upward.

Stopper Stopper

8. Maintenance (Lubrication)

Guide

Pivot

L-angle Hinge

Printer Cover

◆ Open the front cover to an upright

position, then lift and remove the cover.

Rear Cover

◆ Open the rear cover from the

bottom edge and pull it toward the bottom to remove.

Paper Rack

◆ Slide both paper guides to the

extreme left and right edges of the paper rack. Raise the rear end to stand vertically and lift straight upward to remove.

Sound Seal Cover

◆ Push out on the outer edge of the

sound seal cover where it connects to the L-angle from the printer while pushing the stud of the Langle out of the hole. Then remove the whole cover.

8. Maintenance (Printer cover removal)

❏ Vertical alignment mode

The vertical alignment mode serves to compensate for the slippage of the vertical printing positions, that occurs due to individual differences and age distortion of the printer.

Operation and printing pattern

Before performing the adjustment mode, make sure the ribbon cassette and at least 10-inch wide paper are properly installed in the printer.

1. Press the SETUP and BIN keys simultaneously while turning ON the printer or pressing the RESET key. Hold down the both SETUP and BIN keys until the LCD displays "ALIGNADJUST".

SETUP key + BIN key + Power ON (or RESET key)

2. Seven patterns from +3 to -3 in the mode 0 are printed in accordance with the printing conditions. The pattern of the present printing condition is printed at position 0 (zero).

3. After the patterns are printed and the friction lever is set to the fanfold setting, the paper is automatically scrolled. When the friction lever is set to the cut sheet setting, the form feed operation takes place and the LCD indicates “SELECT GRADE: 0”.

PARK

TOF SET

ENTER

SETUP

M.RLF

M.LF

TEAR

OFFRLF ON LINE

.OUT

LINE

POWER

EXIT

BIN

L C D

RESET

Select pattern No.

Set printing conditions

Enter alignment mode

Exit alignment mode

SELECT GRADE: 0

Print mode Character mode family

MODE 0 Draft pica Speed draft (SD), super speed draft (SSD), single

density graphic, double speed/double density

graphic MODE 1 Draft elite 979-dot graphics MODE 2 NLQ pica Draft condense (15 CPI, 17.1 CPI, 20 CPI), double

density graphic, quadruple density graphic, 1088-

dot graphic, 1224-dot graphic MODE 3 NLQ elite 1958-dot graphic MODE 4 NLQ condensed (20 CPI) NLQ condense (15 CPI, 17.1 CPI, 20 CPI)

8. Maintenance (Vertical alignment mode)

PRINTED PATTERNS EXAMPLE

4. Judging from the printed pattern in each print mode, select the grade number of a best aligned pattern between +3 and -3.by pressing the Left and Right arrow keys.

5. Press the ENTER key to set the printing condition. Printing for the next mode automatically starts.

6 Repeat the steps 4 and 5 for modes 1 through 4.

7 After all adjustment is completed, the LCD displays "PRESS RESET SW". By pressing the

RESET key, the printer exits from this vertical alignment mode.

Description of Patterns

The printer has 13 preprogrammed patterns in each mode from which only seven patterns are printed. The pattern "****..." indicates out-of-range. Consult your dealer if you cannot find correct pattern.

8. Maintenance (Vertical alignment mode)

❏ Printing specifications

Printing method

Print Head

Emulation

Resident fonts

Character sets

Graphic printing

Print mode

Throughput

• Impact dot matrix and bidirectional logic seeking printing

• 18 pins (4 rows in parallel)

• Epson FX-1050

• IBM Proprinter III XL

• BP-5460 FA

• S.Roman, Sans Serif, Draft, Speed draft, Super speed draft

• Epson character sets

• IBM character sets and code pages

• SPI character sets

8 modes (8 or 9 pin graphics) — dpl: dot per line

• 816 dpl ( 60 dpi)

• 979 dpl ( 72 dpi)

• 1088 dpl ( 80 dpi)

• 1224 dpl ( 90 dpi)

• 1632 dpl (120 dpi)

• 1958 dpl (144 dpi)

• 3264 dpl (240 dpi)

Character spacings

• 10cpi Pica print mode

• 12cpi Elite, Speed draft print mode

• 15cpi Semi-condensed draft, Super speed draft print mode

• 17.1cpi Condensed draft print mode

• 20cpi Condensed elite print mode

• Proportional print mode

• Draft (10cpi): 183 lpm

• NLQ (10cpi): 38 lpm

Evaluation conditions: Data of 100 lines by 132 columns, all a ASCII rolling pattern characters, and 1/6-inch line feed is input from a host and is stored in the 20K-byte communication buffer of the printer. With that condition, the number of printing lines per minute is measured.

Appendix A. Specifications

A. Specifications

Paper feed method Paper width Paper weight

Multiple copies

Line feed pitch

Line feed speed

Print speed

Recommended print area

Friction method:

• Single cut sheet (A3, B4, A4, B5, letter, legal)

• 55 kg - 90 kg in Japan

• 17 lbs. - 28 lbs. in USA

• 64 g/m

- 105 g/m2in Europe

Tractor method:

• 45 kg - 90 kg in Japan

• 14 lbs. - 28 lbs. in USA

• 53 g/m

- 105 g/m2in Europe

CSF mode:

• 55 kg - 70 kg in Japan

• 15lbs. - 21 lbs. in USA

• 60 g/m

- 81 g/m2in Europe

• Original plus 6, non-carbon, 34 g/m

• Total thickness of less than 0.41 mm

• Minimum of 1/216 inch

• 60 lines/second (6 lines/inch)

• Super Speed Draft (15 cpi): 840 cps (character per second)

• Speed Draft (12 cpi): 672 cps

• Draft Pica (10 cpi): 560 cps

• NLQ Pica (10 cpi): 138 cps

13 mm

Near perforation

1 inch (25.4mm)

Override print

17mm OFF 8mm ON

recommended

area

for

continuous form

Perforation

Final form

TOF

Override print 17mm OFF 8 mm ON

recommended

area

for single sheets

Loading adjust 17/72inch (6mm)

Single sheet Paper Fanfold Paper

A. Specifications

Character Dot Spacing Max No. Character Printing

Print mode Spacing H

x V of Structure Speed

(inches) Columns (V

x H) (cps)

Draft Pica 10 cpi 1/120

x 1/72 136 12 x 9 560

Elite (Epson) 12 cpi 1/120

x 1/72 163 10 x 9 672

Elite (IBM) 12 cpi 1/144

x 1/72 163 12 x 9 556

15 cpi 1/180

x 1/72 204 12 x 9 416

Condensed pica 17 cpi 1/240

x 1/72 233 14 x 9 476

Condensed elite 20 cpi 1/240

x 1/72 272 12 x 9 556

Speed Draft 12 cpi 1/120

x 1/72 163 10 x 9 672

Super Speed Draft 15 cpi 1/120

x 1/72 204 8 x 9 840

Near Pica 10 cpi 1/240

x 1/144 136 24 x 18 138

Letter Quality Elite (Epson) 12 cpi 1/240

x 1/144 163 20 x 18 166

Elite (IBM) 12 cpi 1/288

x 1/144 163 24 x 18 138

15 cpi 1/360

x 1/144 204 24 x 18 104

Condensed pica 17 cpi 1/480

x 1/144 233 28 x 18 119

Condensed elite 20 cpi 1/480

x 1/144 272 24 x 18 138

(dpl) (dps)

Graphics Standard density 1/60

x 1/72 816 n x 8 or 9 3360

Double density 1/120

x 1/72 1632 n x 8 or 9 3333

Double speed, 1/120

x 1/72 1632 n x 8 or 9 6720

Double density

Quadruple density 1/240

x 1/72 3264 n x 8 or 9 6666

979 dot 1/72

x 1/72 979 n x 8 or 9 3333

1088 dot 1/80

x 1/72 1088 n x 8 or 9 2222

1224 dot 1/90

x 1/72 1224 n x 8 or 9 2500

1958 dot 1/144

x 1/72 1958 n x 8 or 9 3333

High density 1/120

x 1/144 1632 n x 16 3333

A. Specifications

❏ Parallel interface specifications

• Input connector

Notes: 1. HIGH is pulled up to + 5V by 2.2k Ω resistor.

2. NC stands for no connection.

3. CHASSIS GND and GND are connected in the printer.

• Data input timing chart

STROBE

DATA 1 -DATA 8

BUSY

ACK

1 - 50 µs

min. 1 µs

max. 0.5 µs

3 - 7 us

min. 0 µs

6 - 10 µs

3 - 7 µs

PIN SIGNAL IN/OUT PIN SIGNAL IN/OUT

1 STROBE IN 19 GND 2 DATA 1 IN 20 GND 3 DATA 2 IN 21 GND 4 DATA 3 IN 22 GND 5 DATA 4 IN 23 GND 6 DATA 5 IN 24 GND 7 DATA 6 IN 25 GND 8 DATA 7 IN 26 GND

9 DATA 8 IN 27 GND 10 ACK OUT 28 GND 11 BUSY OUT 29 GND 12 PE OUT 30 GND 13 SELECT OUT 31 INITIAL IN 14 AUTOFEED IN 32 ERROR OUT 15 NC 33 NC 16 NC 34 NC 17 CHASSIS GND 35 NC 18 +5 V (max. 200mA) 36 NC

min. 1 µs

1817 16151413 121110 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

3635 34333231 302928 27262524 2322 212019

❏ Serial interface specifications

• Input connector

RS-232C Pin assignments

Notes: 1. NC stands for no connection.

2. CHASSIS GND and GND are connected in the printer.

• Handshake protocol

One of the following four protocols can be selected:

- DTR protocol

- X ON/X OFF protocol I

- X ON/X OFF protocol II

- ETX/ACK protocol

• Baud Rate

In the setup options, one of the following baud rates can be selected: 1200, 2400, 4800, and 9600 BPS.

PIN SIGNAL IN/OUT PIN SIGNAL IN/OUT

1 CHASSIS GND 14 NC 2 TXD OUT 15 NC 3 RXD IN 16 NC 4 RTS OUT 17 NC 5 CTS IN 18 NC 6 DSR IN 19 NC 7 SIGNAL GND 20 DTR OUT 8CD IN 21 NC

9NC 22 NC 10 NC 23 NC 11 SRTS OUT 24 NC 12 NC 25 NC 13 NC

A. Specifications

❏ Other specifications

Power supply

Temperature

Humidity

External dimensions

Weight

Power Consumption

• 120VAC : For USA, Canada and Taiwan

• 230VAC : For Asia, Oceania, Europe and others

• 41°F - 104°F (during Operation)

• 5°C - 40°C

• 20 % - 80 % (no condensation)

Model A

• 24.4"(Width

x 10.2"(Height) x 12.0"(Depth)

• 620(W)

x 260(H) x 305(D) mm

• With the paper rack and sound seal cover

24.4"(W)

x 11.6"(H) x 17.5"(D)

620(W)

x 295(H) x 445(D) mm

Model B

• 24.4"(Width)

x 10.2"(Height) x 13.0"(Depth)

• 620(W)

x 260(H) x 330(D) mm

• With the paper rack and sound seal cover

24.4"(W)

x 11.6"(H) x 18.5"(D)

620(W)

x 295(H) x 470(D) mm

• Approximately 44.1 lbs. [20 kg]

• 160 watts (during LQ self test)

2.1A (120VAC), 1.2A (230VAC)

• 45 watts (during stand-by)

0.6A (120VAC), 0.4A (230VAC)

• 12 watts (sleeping mode)

0.3A (120VAC), 0.2A (230VAC)

A. Specifications

❏ IBM mode

ITEM SYMBOL Hexadecimal & Decimal FUNCTION [1] BEL [07] H [7] D Activates the alarm.

[2] BS [08] H [8] D Backspace one character. [3] HT [09] H [9] D Moves to next horizontal tab.

[4] LF [0A] H [10] D Linefeeds after printing. [5] VT [0B ]H [11] D Linefeeds to next vertical tab position after printing. [6] FF [0C] H [12] D Form feeds after printing. [7] CR [0D] H [13] D Carriage return after printing. [8] SO [0E] H [14] D Sets double width character mode for 1 line. [9] SI [0F] H [15] D Sets condensed character mode. [10] DC1 [11] H [17] D Selects printer that has been deselected by ESC Q. [11] DC2 [12] H [18] D Selects pica (10 cpi) character mode. [12] DC4 [14] H [20] D Cancels double width character mode set by SO. [13] CAN [18] H [24] D Clears data in buff er. [14] ESC EM n [1B,19,n] H [27,25,n] D Controls Cut Sheet Feeder.

n=0 : Manual feeding. n=1 : Selects Bin 1. n=2 : Selects Bin 2. n=R : Ejects a cut sheet paper loaded in the printer.

[15] ESC – n [1B,2D,n] H [27,45,n] D Sets or cancels underline mode.

n=0 : underline is cancelled.

n=1 : underline is set. [16] ESC 0 [1B,30] H [27,48] D Sets line spacing to 1/8". [17] ESC 1 [1B,31] H [27,49] D Sets line spacing to 7/72". [18] ESC 2 [1B,32] H [27,50] D Linefeeds with the line spacing set by ESC A. [19] ESC 3 n [1B,33,n] H [27,51,n] D Sets line spacing to n/216" (1≤n≤255). [20] ESC 4 [1B,34] H [27,52] D Sets the current print position as top-of-form (TOF). [21] ESC 5 n [1B,35,n] H [27,53,n] D Sets/cancels auto linefeed with CR

n=0 : Carriage return without linefeed.

n=1 : Carriage return with linefeed. [22] ESC 6 [1B,36] H [27,54] D Selects IBM character set 2. [23] ESC 7 [1B,37] H [27,55] D Selects IBM character set 1. [24] ESC : [1B,3A] H [27,58] D Sets elite (12 cpi) character mode. [25] ESC = n1 n2 [1B,3D,n1,n2,m,c,a1,a2,data] H Defines download character.

m c a1 a2 data [27,61,n1,n2,m,c,a1,a2,data] D When n1=n2=0, the download area is cleared.

Total number of data in download characters is defined

as n1 + n2 x 256. Each character consists of assign

code (c), attributes (a1 and a2), and data.

ESC = NUL NUL .clears download area.

Download characters can be selected for printing or

for a storage memory by ESC I command.

m=14h indicates a draft download character and

m=15 ha NLQ download character.

Appendix B. Control code summary

B. Control code summary (IBM)

ITEM SYMBOL Hexadecimal Decimal FUNCTION

Draft download m=14h indicates a draft download character.

NLQ download m=15h indicates a NLQ download character.

[26] ESC A n [1B,41,n] H [27,65,n] D Sets line spacing to n/72" (1≤n≤255)

This command becomes effective by ESC 2.

[27] ESC B n1 n2... [1B,42,n1,n2,...n64,00] H Sets vertical tab positions beginning from n1 and end

n64 NUL [27,66,n1,n2,...n64,0] D with NUL [00]H. n=1is the second line from TOF.

[28] ESC C n [1B,43,n] H [27,67,n] D Sets page length in line unit (1≤n≤255).

The current print line becomes TOF (top of form). [29] ESC C NUL n [1B,43,00,n] H [27,67,0,n] D Sets page length in inch unit (1≤n≤151).

The current print line becomes TOF (top of form).

[30] ESC D n1 [1B,44,n1,n2,...n28,00] H Sets horizontal tab position (1≤n≤255).

n2...n28 NUL [27,68,n1,n2,...n28,0] D nindicates the number of spaces from the left margin

with the character width at the command execution.

n=1 is at the first character from the left margin. [31] ESC E [1B,45] H [27,69] D Sets emphasized character mode. [32] ESC F [1B,46] H [27,70] D Cancels emphasized character mode. [33] ESC G [1B,47] H [27,71] D Sets double strike character mode. [34] ESC H [1B,48] H [27,72] D Cancels double strike character mode.

Offset String length

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

b7 b6 b5 b4 b3 b2 b1 b0

Attribute (a1)

0: ascender (pins 1-8) 1: descender (pins 2-9)

b7 b6 b5 b4 b3 b2 b1 b0

Attribute (a2)

String length (1-11) Offset (0-10)

Data = d1-d11

00: 8x11 dots 01: 12x11 dots,

line 8 is copied to lines 9-12

10: 12x11 dots,

lines 1-4 are copied to lines 9-12

8(h) x 11(W) dots

1 5 10 15 20 23

d16 1st byte 2nd byte

b7 b6 b5 b4 b3 b2 b1 b0

Attribute (a1)

00: 16x23 dots 01: 24x23 dots, lines 15-16 are copied to lines 17-24 10: 24x23 dots, lines 1-8 are copied to lines 17-24

16(h) x 23(W) dots

Attribute (a2) = Don't care Data = d1-d23

B. Control code summary (IBM)

ITEM SYMBOL Hexadecimal Decimal FUNCTION [35] ESC I n [1B,49] H [27,73] D Selects one of font styles.

n=0 : Draft 10 cpi

n=1 : Speed draft 12 cpi

n=2 : NLQ (Sans Serif)

n=3 : NLQ (Roman)

n=4 : Draft download

n=5 : Speed draft download

n=6 : NLQ (Sans Serif) download

n=7 : NLQ (Roman) download

n=11 : NLQ (Roman) italic

[36] ESC J n [1B,4A,n] H [27,74,n] D Linefeeds in various spacings in n/216" (1≤n≤255). [37] ESC K n1 n2 [1B,4B,n1,n2,data] H Prints the 8-pin standard-density graphics (60 dpi).

data [27,75,n1,n2,data] D The total number of dots in the data is set by

n1 + n2 x 256.

[38] ESC L n1 n2 [1B,4C,n1,n2,data] H Prints the 8-pin double-density graphics (120 dpi).

data [27,76,n1,n2,data] D The total number of dots in the data is set by

n1 + n2 x 256.

[39] ESC N n [1B,4E,n] H [27,78,n] D Sets bottom margin (1≤n≤255).

n specifies the number of lines not to be printed at the

end of a page.

For example: If the line spacing is 1/6 inch and the page length is 66 lines, an ESC N 6 command causes the printer to print 60 lines, then skip 6 lines. The space to be skipped is 1 inch (1/6 inchx 6).

[40] ESC O [1B,4F] H [27,79] D Cancels bottom margin set by ESC N command. [41] ESC P n [1B,50,n] H [27,80,n] D Sets/cancels proportional mode

n=0 : Cancels proportional mode.

n=1 : Sets proportional mode.

[42] ESC Q n [1B,51,16] H [27,81,22] D Deselects the printer. DC1 selects the printer.

n=16h : Deselects the printer.

n≠16h : Ignores this command.

[43] ESC R [1B,52] H [27,82] D Initializes horizontal tabs to every 8th column and

clears vertical tabs.

[44] ESC S n [1B,53,n] H [27,83,n] D Sets superscript or subscript character mode.

n=0 : the superscript character mode is set.

n=1 : the subscript character mode is set.

[45] ESC T [1B,54] H [27,84] D Cancels super-/subscript character mode. [46] ESC U n [1B,55,n] H [27,85,n] D Selects unidirectional or bidirectional printing.

n=0 : bidirectional printing is set.

n=1 : unidirectional printing is set.

[47] ESC W n [1B,57,n] H [27,87,n] D Sets or cancels double width character mode.

n=0 : the double width character mode is cancelled.

n=1 : the double width character mode is set.

[48] ESC X n m [1B,5C,n,m] H Sets left and right margins (0≤n<m≤255)

[27,92,n,m] D n: left margin, m:right margin.

[49] ESC Y n1 n2 [1B,59,n1,n2,data] H Prints 8-pin double-speed double-density graphics

data [27,89,n1,n2,data] D (120 dpi). The total number of dots in the data is

set by n1 + n2 x 256.

[50] ESC Z n1 n2 [1B,5A,n1,n2,data] H Prints 8-pin quadruple-density graphics (240 dpi).

data [27,90,n1,n2,data] D The total number of dots in the data is set by

n1 + n2 x 256.

B. Control code summary (IBM)

ITEM SYMBOL Hexadecimal Decimal FUNCTION [51] ESC [ @ n1 n2 [1B,5B,2D,n1,n2,m1,..,m4] H Sets single or double height/width/line-spacing mode.

m1...m4 [27,91,45,n1,n2,m1,..,m4] D n1=4, n2=0, m1=0, and m2=0.

m3=01h : single character height.

m3=02h : double character height.

m3=10h : single line spacing.

m3=20h : double line spacing.

m3=22h : double character height/line spacing.

m4=01h : single character width.

m4=02h : double character width. [52] ESC [ K n1 n2 [1B,5B,4B,n1,n2,m1,..,m4] H Software initialization.

m1 m2 m3 m4 [27,91,75,n1,n2,m1,..,m4] D The number of data bytes following n2 is defined as

n1 + n2 x 256.

[53] ESC [ T n1 n2 [1B,5B,54,n1,n2,m1,…m4] H Selects code page.

m1…m4 [27,91,84,n1,n2,m1,…m4] D n1 = 4, n2 = 0, m1 = 0, and m2 = 0.

[54] ESC \ n1 n2 [1B,5C,n1,n2,data] H Prints characters from all character set.

[27,92,n1,n2,data] D The number of character to be printed is defined by

n1 + n2 x 256. [55] ESC ] [1B,5D] H [27,93] D Reverse line feeds by the current line spacing. [56] ESC ^ n [1B,5E,n] H [27,94,n] D Prints one character (n: character code) from all

character set.

Code Initialize condition

m1 00h, 04h, FEh Initialize without clearing download area

01h, 05h, FFh Initialize with clearing download area

m2 03h Fixed value

m3 and m4 Indicates the combination of each parameters:

m3 m4

bit7 valid (0) or invalid (1) of m3 valid (0) or invalid (1) of m4 bit6 — USA (0) or Multilingual (1) bit5 Alarm on (0) or off (1 ) Pre (0) or Unidirectional (1) bit4 LF=LF (0) or LF=CR+LF (1) 20 cpi valid (0) or invalid (1) bit3 CR=CR (0) or CR=CR+LF (1) Roman (0) or Sans Serif (1) bit2 Page length of 11" (0) or 12" (1) FF code valid (0) or invalid (1) bit1 non-slashe zero (0) or print line width of 13.6" (0) or 8" (1)

slashed zero (1)

bit0 character set 1 (0) or —

character set 2 (1)

B. Control code summary (IBM)

m3 m4 code page m3 m4 code page 01h B5h 437 04h E2h 1250 13 h 65h 437 Greek 04 h E4h 1252 03h 04 h 772 07h D1h Lithuanian-KBL 03h 06h 774 0Bh CDh Bulgaria 03h 52h 850 0Fh 00h IBM Russian 03h 53h 851 0Fh 03h MAZOWIA 03 h 54h 852 0Fh 04h Code MJK 03h 55h 853 0Fh 05h Hungarian 03h 57h 855 0Fh 07h BRASCII 03h 59h 857 0Fh 08h ABICOMP 03h 5Ah 858 13h 62h USSR GOST 03h 5Ch 860 40h 00h ISO 8859-1 03h 5Dh 861 40h 01h ISO 8859-2 03h 5Fh 86 3 40h 06h ISO 8859-7 03h 61h 865 40h 08h ISO 8859-9 03h 62h 866 40 h 0Eh ISO 8859-15 03h 65h 869

B. Control code summary (IBM)

ITEM SYMBOL Hexadecimal Decimal FUNCTION [57] ESC _ n [1B,5F,n] H [27,95,n] D Sets/cancels overscore mode.

n=0 : Cancels overscore mode.

n=1 : Sets overscore mode. [58] ESC g [1B,67] H [27,103] D Selects 15 cpi character mode. [59] ESC k n [1B,6B,n] H [27,107,n] D Selects NLQ font type.

n=0 : ROMAN is set.

n=1 : SANS SERIF is set.

❏ FX mode

ITEM SYMBOL Hexadecimal & Decimal FUNCTION [1] BEL [07] H [7] D Activates the bell.

[2] BS [08] H [8] D Backspace one character. [3] HT [09] H [9] D Moves to next horizontal tab.

ESC SO [1B,0E] H [27,14] D

[9] SI [0F] H [15] D Sets condensed character mode.

ESC SI [1B,0F] H [27,15] D [10] DC1 [11] H [17] D Selects printer that has been deselected by DC3. [11] DC2 [12] H [18] D Cancels condensed character mode. [12] DC3 [13] H [19] D Deselects printer. [13] DC4 [14] H [20] D Cancels double width character mode set by SO. [14] CAN [18] H [24] D Clears data in buffer and move print head to home

position.

[15] DEL [7F] H [127] D Deletes one character. [16] ESC EM n [1B,19,n] H [27,25,n] D Controls Cut Sheet Feeder.

n=0 : Manual feeding. n=1 : Selects Bin 1. n=2 : Selects Bin 2. n=R : Ejects a cut sheet paper loaded in the printer.

[17] ESC SP n [1B,20,n] H [27,32,n] D Sets intercharacter space. A space of n/120 inch is

added to the right of each character (0≤n≤127).

[18] ESC ! n [1B,21,n] H [27,33,n] D Sets various print modes.

n is specified by the following combinations. (0≤n≤255)

Note: Proportional cannot be specified with elite or condensed, and has higher priority.

[19] ESC # [1B,23] H [27,35] D Cancels MSB control. [20] ESC $ n1 n2 [1B,24,n1,n2] H Sets absolute dot position. The dot pitch is 1/60" and

[27,36,n1,n2] D its position is n1 + ( n2 x 256 ) dots from the left

margin.

[21] ESC % n [1B,25,n] H [27,37,n] D Sets resident characters or download characters.

n=0 : the resident character set is set. n=1 : the download character set is set.

Print modes Dec. Hex. Correspond command Pica 0 00 ESC P Elite 1 01 ESC M Proportional 2 02 ESC p Condensed 4 04 SI, DC2 Emphasized 8 08 ESC E, ESC F Double strike 16 10 ESC G, ESC H Double width 32 20 ESC W Italic 64 40 ESC 4, ESC 5 Underline 128 80 ESC -

B. Control code summary (FX)

ITEM SYMBOL Hexadecimal Decimal FUNCTION [22] ESC & NUL n1 [1B,26,00,n1,n2,a,data] H Defines download character(s).

n2 a data [27,38,0,n1,n2,a,data] D NLQ download character is generated by interpolation.

n1: first code of download character (00-127) n2: last code of download character (00-127)

[23] ESC (t [1B, 28, 74, n1, n2, d1, d2, d3] H Selects character set

n1 n2 d1 d2 d3 [27, 40, 116, n1, n2, d1, d2, d3] D n1=3, n2=0, and d1=0 or 1

d1=0 : Italic d1=1 : Graphic

[24] ESC *m n1 n2 [1B,2A,m,n1,n2,data] H Sets various 8 pin graphic mode.

data [27,42,m,n1,n2,data] D The total column number is calculated by

n1 + n2 x 256.

[25] ESC – n [1B,2D,n] H [27,45,n] D Sets or cancels underline.

n=0 : underline is cancelled. n=1 : underline is set

[26] ESC / c [1B,2F,c] H [27,47,c] D Selects channel (0-7) of vertical tab.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

b7 b6 b5 b4 b3 b2 b1 b0

Attribute (a)

0: ascender (pins 1-8) 1: descender (pins 2-9)

Print start position (0 to 7) Print end position

(Print start position+4 to 11)

Data = d1-d11

8(h) x 11(W) dots

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Print Start Position

Print End Position

m Graphic Type Number Maximum Horizontal

of Pins Columns Density

0 Standard-density 8 816 60 1 Double-density 8 1632 120 2 Double-speed double-density 8 1632 120 3 Quadruple-density 8 3264 240 4 80 dpi graphics 8 1088 80 5 72 dpi graphics 8 979 72 6 90 dpi graphics 8 1224 90 7 144 dpi graphics 8 1958 144

B. Control code summary (FX)

d2 d3 Character Set d2 d3 Character Set

Italic 15 0 869 1 0 437 63 50 1250 1

16 437 Greek

63 52 1252

59 0 772 60 0

Lithuanian-KBL

3 6 0 774 32 0 Bulgaria

3 0 850 6 1 0 IBM Russian 4 0 851 27 0 MAZOWIA

1 0 0 852 28 0 Code MJK

5 0 853 62 0 Hungarian 6 0 855 25 0 BRASCII

11 0 857 26 0 ABICOMP 4 4 0 858 16 0 USSR GOST

7 0 860 127 1 ISO-8859-1

24 0 86 1 127 2 ISO-8859-2

8 0 863 29 7 ISO-8859-7 9 0 865 31 0 ISO-8859-9

14 0 866 29 15 ISO-8859-15

ITEM SYMBOL Hexadecimal Decimal FUNCTION [27] ESC 0 [1B,30] H [27,48] D Sets line spacing to 1/8". [28] ESC 1 [1B,31] H [27,49] D Sets line spacing to 7/72". [29] ESC 2 [1B,32] H [27,50] D Sets line spacing to 1/6". [30] ESC 3 n [1B,33,n] H [27,51,n] D Sets line spacing to n/216" (0≤n≤255). [31] ESC 4 [1B,34] H [27,52] D Sets Italic character mode.

Download characters and graphic characters (B0h-DFh, F4h, and F5h) are not italicized.

[32] ESC 5 [1B,35] H [27,53] D Cancels Italic character mode. [33] ESC 6 [1B,36] H [27,54] D Enlarges print code area.

Control code area (80h-9Fh) is printed as characters.

[34] ESC 7 [1B,37] H [27,55] D Clears ESC 6 command. [35] ESC 8 [1B,38] H [27,56] D Disables paper detect function. [36] ESC 9 [1B,39] H [27,57] D Enables paper detect function. [37] ESC : NUL [1B,3A,00,n,00] H Copy RAM download character set from ROM

n NUL [27,58,0,n,0] D character set.

n=0 : ROMAN is copied. n=1 : SANS SERIF is copied.

[38] ESC < [1B,3C] H [27,60] D Moves print head to home position. [39] ESC = [1B,3D] H [27,61] D Sets MSB of data to "0". [40] ESC > [1B,3E] H [27,62] D Sets MSB of data to "1". [41] ESC ? n m [1B,3F,n,m] H Re-assign graphic type for ESC K, ESC L,

[27,63,n,m] D ESC Y, and ESC Z commands.

n : specifies the former graphic type assigned

by "K", "L", "Y", or "Z".

m : specifies the new graphic type in table below.

[42] ESC @ [1B,40] H [27,64] D Initializes printer. [43] ESC A n [1B,41,n] H [27,65,n] D Sets line spacing to n/72" (0≤n≤85). [44] ESC B n1 n2... [1B,42,n1,n2,...n16,00] H Sets vertical tab positions beginning from n1 and end

n16 NUL [27,66,n1,n2,...n16,0] D with NUL [00]H. n=1 is at the second line from TOF.

[45] ESC C n [1B,43,n] H [27,67,n] D Sets page length in line unit (1≤n≤127).

The current print line becomes TOF (top of form).

[46] ESC C NUL n [1B,43,00,n] H [27,67,0,n] D Sets page length in inch unit (1≤n≤22).

The current print line becomes TOF (top of form).

[47] ESC D n1 [1B,44,n1,n2,...n32,00] H Sets horizontal tab position (1≤n≤255).

n2...n32 NUL [27,68,n1,n2,...n32,0] D nindicates the number of spaces from the left margin

with the character width at the command execution. n=1 is at the second column from the left margin.

[48] ESC E [1B,45] H [27,69] D Sets emphasized character mode. [49] ESC F [1B,46] H [27,70] D Cancels emphasized character mode. [50] ESC G [1B,47] H [27,71] D Sets double strike character mode. [51] ESC H [1B,48]H [27,72] D Cancels double strike character mode.

m Graphic Type Number Maximum Horizontal

of Pins Columns Density

B. Control code summary (FX)

ITEM SYMBOL Hexadecimal Decimal FUNCTION [52] ESC I n [1B,49,n] H [27,73,n] D Treats unused control codes in the control area as

character codes.

n=0 : Ignores unused control codes n=1 : treats unused control codes as character codes.

[53] ESC J n [1B,4A,n] H [27,74,n] D n/216" linefeeds after printing (0≤n≤255). [54] ESC K n1 n2 [1B,4B,n1,n2,data] H Prints the 8-pin Standard-density graphics (60 dpi).

data [27,75,n1,n2,data] D The total number of dots in the data is set by

n1 + n2 x 256.

[55] ESC L n1 n2 [1B,4C,n1,n2,data] H Prints the 8-pin Double-density graphics (120 dpi).

data [27,76,n1,n2,data] D The total number of dots in the data is set by

n1 + n2 x 256.

[56] ESC M [1B,4D] H [27,77] D Selects Elite (12cpi) mode. [57] ESC N n [1B,4E,n] H [27,78,n] D Sets skip over perforation (1≤n≤127).

n specifies the number of lines to be skipped at the

end of a page.

For example: If the line spacing is 1/6 inch and the page length is 66 lines, an ESC N 6 command causes the printer to print 60 lines, then skip 6 lines.

The space to be skipped is 1 inch (1/6 inchx 6).

[58] ESC O [1B,4F] H [27,79] D Cancels skip over perforation. [59] ESC P [1B,50] H [27,80] D Selects Pica (10 cpi) mode. [60] ESC Q n [1B,51,n] H [27,81,n] D Sets right margin at the nth column (1≤n≤255) [61] ESC R n [1B,52,n] H [27,82,n] D Selects International character.

[62] ESC S n [1B,53,n] H [27,83,n] D Selects superscript or subscript character mode.

n=0 : the superscript character mode is set.

n=1 : the subscript character mode is set. [63] ESC T [1B,54] H [27,84] D Cancels super-/subscript character mode printing. [64] ESC U n [1B,55,n] H [27,85,n] D

Sets or cancels unidirectional or bidirectional printing

n=0 : unidirectional printing is cancelled.

n=1 : unidirectional printing is set. [65] ESC W n [1B,57,n] H [27,87,n] D Sets or cancels double width character mode.

n=0 : the double width character mode is cancelled.

n=1 : the double width character mode is set.

n Country Hexadecimal Character Code

23 24 40 5B 5C 5D 5E 60 7 B 7C 7D 7E

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$@¡Ñ¿ˆ`¨ñ}~

8 JAPAN #$@[ ]ˆ`{|}~

9 NORWAY #€ЙЖШЕЬижшеь 10 DENMARK 2 #$ЙЖШЕЬижшеь 11 SPAIN 2 #$á¡Ñ¿é`íñóú 12 LATIN AMERICA #$б¡С¿йьнсуъ 13 TURKEY #ıIÇÖSÜgçösü

B. Control code summary (FX)

ITEM SYMBOL Hexadecimal Decimal FUNCTION [66] ESC Y n1 n2 [1B,59,n1,n2,data] H Prints 8-pin double-speed double-density graphics

data [27,89,n1,n2,data] D (120 dpi). The total number of dots in the data is

set by n1 + n2 x 256.

[67] ESC Z n1 n2 [1B,5A,n1,n2,data] H Prints 8-pin quadruple-density graphics (240 dpi).

data [27,90,n1,n2,data] D The total number of dots in the data is set by

n1 + n2 x 256.

[68] ESC \ n1 n2 [1B,5C,n1,n2] H Sets relative dot position to the current position.

[27,92,n1,n2] D The dot pitch is 1/120 inch.

(For Example) n1 + (n2 x 256)< 32768 (8000h), then move n1 + (n2 x 256) dots to the right. n1 + (n2 x 256) ≥ 32768, then move 65536 - {n1 +(n2 x 256)} dots to the

left from the current position.

[69] ESC ^ m n1 n2 [1B,5E,m,n1,n2,data] H Sets various 9 pin graphic mode.

data [27,94,m,n1,n2,data] D The total number of dots in the data is set by

(n1 + n2 x 256) x 2.

[70] ESC a n [1B,61,n] H [27,97,n] D Justification mode.

n=0 : left justification is set (default). n=1 : centering is set. n=2 : right justification is set. n=3 : full justification is set.

When nis other than 0, the printer performs one linefeed after printing.

[71] ESC b c n1 n2 [1B,62,c,n1,n2,...,n16,00] H Sets vertical tab position in channels beginning from

...n16 NUL [27,98,c,n1,n2,...,n16,0] D n1 and end with NUL [00]H as in ESC b command.

c specifies one of channels 0 to 7 to be set.

[72] ESC g [1B,67] H [27,103] D Selects 15 cpi mode. [73] ESC j n [1B,6A,n] H [27,106,n] D n/216" reverse linefeed after printing (0≤n≤255).

This command is ignored in the cut sheet feeder mode.

m Graphic Type Number Maximum Horizontal

of Pins Columns Density

0 Standard-density 9 816 60 1 Double-density 9 1632 120 2 Double-speed double-density 9 1632 120 3 Quadruple-density 9 3264 240 4 80 dpi graphics 9 1088 80 5 72 dpi graphics 9 979 72 6 90 dpi graphics 9 1224 90 7 144 dpi graphics 8 1958 144

B. Control code summary (FX)

2 bytes

MSB

1st byte

MSB

2nd byte

ITEM SYMBOL Hexadecimal Decimal FUNCTION [74] ESC k n [1B,6B,n] H [27,107,n] D Selects NLQ font type.

n=0 : ROMAN is set. n=1 : SANS SERIF is set.

[75] ESC l n [1B,6C,n] H [27,108,n] D Sets left margin at the nth horizontal space in the

current print mode (0≤n≤255).

[76] ESC p n [1B,70,n] H [27,112,n] D Sets or cancels proportional mode.

n=0 : the proportional mode is cancelled. n=1 : the proportional mode is set.

[77] ESC s n [1B,73,n] H [27,115,n] D Sets or cancels half speed print mode.

n=0 : cancels half speed print mode. n=1 : sets half speed print mode.

[78] ESC t n [1B,74,n] H [27,116,n] D Selects character set.

n=0 : the italic character set is selected. n=1 : the graphic character set is selected.

[79] ESC w n [1B,77,n] H [27,119,n] D Sets or cancels double height character mode.

n=0 : the double height character mode is cancelled. n=1 : the double height character mode is set.

[80] ESC x n [1B,78,n] H [27,120,n] D Selects character quality.

n=0 : draft character mode is set. n=1 : NLQ character mode is set.

B. Control code summary (FX)

❏ BP-A/I mode

ITEM SYMBOL Hexadecimal & Decimal FUNCTION [1] BEL [07] H [7] D Activates the alarm.

[2] BS [08] H [8] D Backspace one character. [3] HT [09] H [9] D Moves to next horizontal tab.

[4] LF [0A] H [10] D Linefeeds after printing. [5] VT [0B ]H [11] D Linefeeds to next vertical tab position after printing. [6] FF [0C] H [12] D Form feeds after printing. [7] CR [0D] H [13] D Carriage return after printing. [8] SO [0E] H [14] D Sets double width character mode for 1 line. [9] SI [0F] H [15] D Sets condensed character mode. [10] DC2 [12] H [18] D Selects pica (10 cpi) mode. [11] DC4 [14] H [20] D Cancels double width character mode set by SO. [12] CAN [18] H [24] D Clears data in buffe r. [13] DEL [7F] H [127] D Deletes one character in BP-A mode. [14] ESC GS n [1B,1D,n] H [ 2 7 , 29 , n ] D Controls Cut Sheet Feeder.

n=0 : Manual feeding. n=1 : Selects Bin 1. n=2 : Selects Bin 2. n=R : Ejects a cut sheet paper loaded in the printer.

[15] ESC *m n1 n2 [1B,2A,m,n1,n2,data] H Sets various 8 pin graphic mode.

data [27,42,m,n1,n2, data] D The total number of dots in the data is set by

n1 + n2 x 256.or (n1 + n2 x 256) x 2 for high-

density graphics.

[16] ESC ! n [1B,21,n] H [27,33,n] D Sets various print modes.

n is specified by the following combinations. (0≤n≤255)

Note: Proportional cannot be specified with elite or condensed, and has higher priority.

m Graphic Type Number Maximum Horizontal

of Pins Columns Density

Appendix B. Control code summary

B. Control code summary (BP-A/I)

ITEM SYMBOL Hexadecimal Decimal FUNCTION [17] ESC # [1B,23] H [27,35] D Cancels MSB control. [18] ESC – n [1B,2D,n] H [27,45,n] D Sets or cancels underline mode.

n=0 : underline is cancelled. n=1 : underline is set.

[19] ESC . n [1B,2E,n] H [27,46,n] D Sets line spacing to n/144" (1≤n≤127) [20] ESC / c [1B,2F,c] H [27,47,c] D Selects channel (0-7) of vertical tab. [21] ESC 0 [1B,30] H [27,48] D Sets line spacing to 1/8". [22] ESC 1 [1B,31] H [27,49] D Sets line spacing to 7/72". [23] ESC 2 [1B,32] H [27,50] D Sets line spacing to 1/6" in BP-A mode.

Linefeeds with the line spacing set by ESC A in BP-I mode.

[24] ESC 3 n [1B,33,n] H [27,51,n] D Sets line spacing to n/216" (1≤n≤255). [25] ESC 4 [1B,34] H [27,52] D Sets italic character mode. [26] ESC 5 [1B,35] H [27,53] D Cancels italic character mode. [27] ESC 6 [1B,36] H [27,54] D Selects IBM character set 2 in BP-I mode. [28] ESC 7 [1B,37] H [27,55] D Selects IBM character set 1 in BP-I mode. [29] ESC 8 [1B,38] H [27,56] D Disables paper empty detection. [30] ESC 9 [1B,39] H [27,57] D Enables paper empty detection. [31] ESC : [1B,3A] H [27,58] D Sets elite (12 cpi) mode. [32] ESC < [1B,3C] H [27,60] D Moves print head to home position. [33] ESC = [1B,3D] H [27,61] D Sets MSB of data to "0" in BP-A mode. [34] ESC > [1B,3E] H [27,62] D Sets MSB of data to "1" in BP-A mode. [35] ES C @ [1B,40] H [27,64] D Initializes printer. [36] ESC A n [1B,41,n] H [27,65,n] D Sets line spacing to n/72" (1≤n≤85).

The line feed spacing becomes effective by ESC 2 command in BP-I mode.

[37] ESC B n1 n2... [1B,42,n1,n2,...n64,00] H Sets vertical tab positions beginning from n1 and end

n64 NUL [27,66,n1,n2,...n64,0] D with NUL [00]H. n=1is the second line from TOF.

[38] ESC C n [1B,43,n] H [27,67,n] D Sets page length in line unit (1≤n≤127).

The current print line becomes TOF (top of form).

[39] ESC C NUL n [1B,43,00,n] H [27,67,0,n] D Sets page length in inch unit (1≤n≤22).

The current print line becomes TOF (top of form).

[40] ESC D n1 [1B,44,n1,n2,...n28,00] H Sets horizontal tab position (1≤n≤255).

n2...n28 NUL [27,68,n1,n2,...n28,0] D nindicates the number of spaces from the left margin

with the character width at the command execution. n=1 is at the first character from the left margin.

Tab position changes accordingly with a change of character width in BP-I mode.

[41] ESC E [1B,45] H [27,69] D Sets emphasized character mode. [42] ESC F [1B,46] H [27,70] D Cancels emphasized character mode. [43] ESC G [1B,47] H [27,71] D Sets double strike character mode. [44] ESC H [1B,48]H [27,72] D Cancels double strike character mode. [45] ESC J n [1B,4A,n] H [27,74,n] D Linefeeds n/216" (0≤n≤255). [46] ESC K n1 n2 [1B,4B,n1,n2,data] H Prints the 8-pin standard-density graphics (60 dpi).

data [27,75,n1,n2,data] D The total number of dots in the data is set by

n1 + n2 x 256.

B. Control code summary (BP-A/I)

ITEM SYMBOL Hexadecimal Decimal FUNCTION [47] ESC L n1 n2 [1B,4C,n1,n2,data] H Prints the 8-pin double-density graphics (120 dpi).

data [27,76,n1,n2,data] D The total number of dots in the data is set by

n1 + n2 x 256.

[48] ESC M [1B,4D] H [27,77] D Selects Elite (12 cpi) mode. [49] ESC N n [1B,4E,n] H [27,78,n] D Sets bottom margin (1≤n≤127).

n specifies the number of lines not to be printed at the

end of a page.

[50] ESC O [1B,4F] H [27,79] D Cancels skip over perforation. [51] ESC P [1B,50] H [27,80] D Selects Pica (10 cpi) mode. [52] ESC Q n [1B,51,n] H [27,81,n] D Sets right margin at the nth horizontal space in the

current print mode (0≤n≤255).

[53] ESC R n [1B,52,n] H [27,82,n] D Selects international character in BP-A mode.

[54] ESC S n [1B,53,n] H [27,83,n] D Sets superscript or subscript character mode.

n=0 : the superscript character mode is set.

n=1 : the subscript character mode is set. [55] ESC T [1B,54] H [27,84] D Cancels super-/subscript character mode. [56] ESC U n [1B,55,n] H [27,85,n] D Selects unidirectional or bidirectional

n=0 : bidirectional printing is set.

n=1 : unidirectional printing is set. [57] ESC W n [1B,57,n] H [27,87,n] D Sets or cancels double width character mode.

n=0 : the double width character mode is cancelled.

n=1 : the double width character mode is set. [58] ESC X n [1B,58,n] H [27,88,n] D Same as the ESC x n command. [59] ESC Y n1 n2 [1B,59,n1,n2,data] H Prints 8-pin double-speed double-density graphics

data [27,89,n1,n2,data] D (120 dpi). The total number of dots in the data is set

by n1 + n2 x 256. [60] ESC Z n1 n2 [1B,5A,n1,n2,data] H Prints 8-pin quadruple-density graphics (240 dpi).

data [27,90,n1,n2,data] D The total number of dots in the data is set by

n1 + n2 x 256.

n Country Hexadecimal Character Code

23 24 40 5B 5C 5D 5E 60 7 B 7C 7D 7E

$@¡Ñ¿ˆ`¨ñ}~

8 JAPAN #$@[ ]ˆ`{|}~

9 NORWAY #€ЙЖШЕЬижшеь 10 DENMARK 2 #$ЙЖШЕЬижшеь 11 SPAIN 2 #$á¡Ñ¿é`íñóú 12 LATIN AMERICA #$б¡С¿йьнсуъ 13 TURKEY #ıIÇÖSÜgçösü

B. Control code summary (BP-A/I)

ITEM SYMBOL Hexadecimal Decimal FUNCTION [61] ESC b c n1 n2 [1B,62,c,n1,n2,...,n64,00] H Sets vertical tab position in channels beginning from

...n64 NUL [27,98,c,n1,n2,...,n64,0] D n1 and end with NUL [00]H as in ESC B command.

c specifies one of channels 0 to 7 to be set. [62] ESC g [1B,67] H [27,103] D Selects 15 cpi mode. [63] ESC k n1 n2 [1B,6B,n1,n2,data] H Prints 8-pin high-density graphics (144 dpi).

data [27,107,n1,n2,data] D The total number of dots in the data is set by

n1 + n2 x 256. [64] ESC l n [1B,6C,n] H [27,108,n] D Sets left margin at the nth horizontal space in the

current print mode (0≤n≤255). [65] ESC p n [1B,70,n] H [27,112,n] D Sets or cancels proportional mode.

n=0 : the proportional mode is cancelled.

n=1 : the proportional mode is set. [66] ESC x n [1B,78,n] H [27,120,n] D Selects character quality.

n=0 : draft character mode is set.

n=1 : NLQ character mode is set.

B. Control code summary (BP-A/I)

❏ Setup options control codes

This command is specially designed to assist you in utilizing the printer to its fullest potential. Most of printer's setup options can be accessed and changed through the following command sequence.

Setup command sequence

Setup declare codes (1B 7C 60 01 00 11)h

Setup command codes 1B 7C 60 m1 m2

a1...ak

header

m1,m2: Number of data bytes

followed as parameters (a1..ak). k = (m1 + (

256 x m2))

Setup terminate codes (1B 7C 60 01 00 12)h

1 . This command sequence is only valid when the Software setup is set to YES

(enabled) in the extended setup options at the front control panel. The command is treated as regular print data if the software setup is disabled.

2 . Always start the software setup commands with the setup declare code and end

by the setup terminate code.

3. In order to store the parameters changed in the setup options through these control codes, be sure to insert the "Save setup" function code before the setup terminate codes.

Notes

B. Control code summary (Setup options)

ITEM Mode Code & Hexadecimal n: (Hex.) = selection [1] Font Header A n n: 00=Roman, n : 10h=Code (Draft),

1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 41, n 01=Sans Serif, 11h=S.D.,

12h=S.S.D,

[2] Character Header B n n: 00=Code, n: 05=15 cpi,

spacing 1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 42, n 01=5 cpi, 06=17 cpi,

02=6 cpi, 07=20 cpi, 03=10 cpi, 08=Proportional.

[3] Page length Header C n n: 00=Code n: 07=5.5", n: 0E=16.5",

(Fanfold) 1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 43, n 01=2", 08=7", 0F=8",

02=2.5", 09=8.5", 10=14", 03=3", 0A=10", 11=16", 04=4", 0B=11", 12=17", 05=4.5", 0C=12", 13=22". 06=5", 0D=15",

[4] Page length Header i n n: 00=Code, n:07=Letter portrait,

(Single) 1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 69, n 01=B5 portrait, 08=Letter landscape,

02=B5 landscape, 09=Legal portrait, 03=A4 portrait, 0A=Letter landscape, 04=A4 landscape, 0B=A3 portrait, 05=B4 portrait, 0C=A3 landscape. 06=B4 landscape,

[5] Multi-part Header D n n: 00=Normal, n: 02=Dark2,

1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 44, n

01=Dark1, 03=Dark3.

[6] Select setup Header E n n: 00=MEM1, n: 02=MEM3,

1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 45, n

01=MEM2, FF=Factory default.

[7] Loading Header G n n: n/72" (0 ≤n ≤ 180)Decimal

adjustment 1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00,47, n

[8] Paper width Header H n n: 00=Manual≥9", n: 02=Fanfold≥9",

1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 48, n

01=Manual<9" 03=Fanfold<9"

[9] Line width Header I n n: 00=13.6 inches,.

1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 49, n

01=8 inches.

[10] Print direction Header J n n: 00=Predirection, n: 02=Bidirection.

1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 4A, n 01=Unidirection,

[11] Line spacing Header K n n: 00=Code (6 lpi), n: 02=8 lpi,

1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 4B, n 01=Code (8 lpi), 03=9 lpi.

[12] Override Header L n n: 00=Non-override,

1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 4C, n 01=Override.

[13] Auto scroll Header M n n: 00=No scroll,

1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 4D, n 01=Autoscroll TOF ONLY

02=Autoscrol

at Any pos,

[14] Label mode Header N n n: 00=Non label mode,

1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 4E, n

01=Label mode.

[15] Default page Header O n n: 00=11 inches,

length 1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 4F

, n 01=12 inches.

[16] P.out detection Header P n n: 00=No (detection disabled),

1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 50, n 01=Yes (detection enabled).

[17] P.out buzzer Header Q n n: 00=No sound,

1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 51, n

01=Sound.

B. Control code summary (Setup options)

ITEM Mode Code & Hexadecimal n: (Hex.) = selection [18] International Header R n n: 00=USA, n: 05=Sweden, n: 0A=Denmark2,

character 1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 52, n 01=France, 06=Italy, 0B=Spain2,

02=Germany, 07=Spain, 0C=Latin America, 03=U.K., 08=Japan, 0D=Turkey. 04=Denmark, 09=Norway,

[19] Code page Header p n n: 00=Code page 437 n: 21=Code page 853

1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 70, n 01=Code page 850 22=Code page 855

02=Code page 857 23=Code page 866 03=Code page 858 24=Code page 869 04=Code page 860 25=Code page 1250 05=Code page 861 26=Code page 1252 06=Code page 863 27=Lithuanian-KBL 07=Code page 865 28=Bulgaria 08=BRASCII 29=IBM Russian 09=ABICOMP 30=MAZOWIA 10=ISO 8859-1 31=Code MJK 11=ISO 8859-15 32=Hungarian 16=

Code page 437 Greek

33=USSR GOST 17=Code page 772 34=ISO 8859-2 18=Code page 774 35=ISO 8859-7 19=Code page 851 36=ISO 8859-9 20=Code page 852

[20] EURO symbol Headerg n n: 00=No : " " at the code A4H in ISO 8859-1

1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00,

71, n 01=YES : " " at the code A4H in ISO 8859-1

[21] Zero style Header S n n: 00=no slash "0",

1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 53, n

01=slashed "Ø".

[22] Skip over Header T n n: 00=No skip,

perforation 1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 54, n 01=Skip.

[23] Emulation Header U n n: 00=FX mode, n: 02=BP-A mode,

1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 55, n

01=IBM mode, 03=BP-I mode.

[24] Character set Header V n n: 00=Italic set (FX mode),

1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 56, n

01=Graphic set (FX mode), 02=IBM set 1 (IBM mode, BP-I mode), 03=IBM set 2 (IBM mode, BP-I mode).

[25] CR setting Header W n n: 00=CR only, n: 02=Autofeed.

1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 57, n 01=CR + LF,

[26] LF setting Header X n n: 00=LF only,

1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 58, n 01=CR + LF.

[27] VT setting Header e n

n: 00=With print,

1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 65, n

01=Without print.

[28] IBM 20 cpi Header f n n: 00=No,

1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 66, n 01=Yes.

[29] IBM download Header g n n: 00=Country,

character 1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 67, n

01=Multilingual.

[30] Italic mode Header k n n: 00=Code,

1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 6B, n

01=Always.

[31] Bold mode Header l n n: 00=Code,

1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 6C, n 01=Always.

[32] Barcode Header m n n: 00=Mode 2,

command 1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 6D, n

01=Ignore. 02=Mode 1

B. Control code summary (Setup options)

ITEM Mode Code & Hexadecimal n: (Hex.) = selection [33] Bar code type Header n n n: 00=Industrial 2/5, n: 07=Code 128,

1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 6E, n

01=Interleave 2/5, 08=EAN 8, 02=Matrix 2/5, 09=EAN 13, 03=Codabar, 0A=UPC-A, 04=Code 11, 0B=UPC-E, 05=Code 39, 0C=Postnet 06=Code 93, 0D=Element

[34] Bar code size Header

o n n: 00=1 n: 02=2

1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 6F, n 01=1.5 03=2.5

[35] Interface Header a n n: 00=Parallel,

1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 61, n 01=Serial (RS-232C or RS-422 with optional I/F).

02=Auto

Header a 01 a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 1B, 7C, 60, 07, 00, 61, 01, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5

a1: Parity bit a1: 00=None, a1:02=Even.

01=Odd,

a2: Data length a2: 00=8 bits,

01=7 bits.

a3: Stop bit a3: 00=1 bit,

01=2 bits.

a4: Protocol a4: 00=DTR, a4: 02=X-ON/X-OFF (II),

01=X-ON/X-OFF (I), 03=ETX/ACK

a5: Baud rate a5: 00=1200 Baud, a5: 02=4800 Baud,

01=2400 Baud, 03=9600 Baud

[36] Serial error Header b n n: 00=Print "*",

1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 62, n 01=Ignore.

[37] Buffer size Header c n n: 00=128 bytes,

1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 63, n 01=Maximum.

[38] CSF option Header j n

n: 00=Not installed, n: 02=Double bin.

1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 6A, n 01=Single bin,

[39] Factory setting Header E n

n: FF=Yes.

1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 45, n

[40] Save setup Header Y n n: 00=Current, n: 02=MEM2,

1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 59, n 01=MEM1, 03=MEM3.

[41] LF SPEED Header Z n

n: 00=Normal Speed

1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 5A, n

01=Half Speed

[42] CTS, DSR, CD Header d n1 n2 n3 n1: CTS setting

Setting 1B, 7C, 60, 04, 00, 64, n n1=00 CTS Disable (Serial) n1=01 CTS Enable

n2: DSR setting

n2=00 DSR Disable n2=01 DSR Enable

n3: CD setting

n3=00 CD Disable n3=01 CD Enable

[43] ERROR Status Header x n n: 00=ERROR/PE SIGNAL Valid

(Parallel) 1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 78, n 01=ERROR/PE Signal invalid

[44] Invert LCD Display Header y n n: 00=Normal LCD Display

1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 79, n 01=Invert LCD Display

[45] Energy Star mode Header z n

n: 00=Sleep mode valid

1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 7A, n 01=Sleep mode invalid

[46] Reset SW Look Header F n

n: 00=Reset SW is valid in ONLINE

1B, 7C, 60, 02, 00, 46, n 01=Reset SW is invalid in ONLINE

B. Control code summary (Setup options)

❏ Bar code control codes

This command becomes effective when the "Bar code command" in the extended setup options is set to "MODE1 or MODE2".

To print a bar code from your host, firstly set the bar code type designation and a desired print sizes. Then send the bar code data with BAR CODE DATA sequence(DC4 DC4 B). Most bar code type has a variable data length, if you want to add a check digit automatically, set check digit YES in the setup options and send data with one less digit. Fixed data length bar code type is specified with the number of digit in the summary table below.

Bar code type summary

Notes:(1) Bar code output from the sample data is shown on page 45.

(2) B and S in the construction item represents (wide/narrow)bar and (wide/narrow)

space, respectively. (3 ) LB and SB represents long and short bars, respectively. (4) Bar code type with * consists of 4 elements; narrow bar, medium bar (wide width),

wide bar (2 x medium width - narrow width), and narrow space.

Bar code Construction ICG letters (#) Check digit Sample data (excl. check digit) Industrial 2/5 5B4S Yes 0-9 Yes (Mod 10) 1234567

Interleave 2/5 5B5S (2 letters) No 0-9 Yes (Mod 10) 1234567

Data length+check=Even number

Codabar 4B3S Yes 0-9, ab,...(24) No 1234567

Start/End code must be specified by non-numeric letters

Matrix 2/5 3B2S Yes 0-9 Yes (Mod 10) 1234567

Code 11 3B2S Yes 0-9,"-" Yes (Mod 11) 1234567

Start (

∆

)/End (∆) code. Dual check digit

Code 39 5B4S Yes 0-9, AB,...(43) Yes (Mod 43) 1234567

Start/End code="

Code 93* 3B3S No ASCII (128) Yes (Mod 47) 1234567

Dual check digit

Code 12 8* 3B3S No ASCII (128) Yes (Mod 103) 1234567

EAN-8* 2B2S No 0-9 Yes (Mod 10) 1234567

8 digits (2 prefix+5 data+check)

EAN-13* 2B2S No 0-9 Yes (Mod 10) 123456789012

13 digits (2 prefix+10 data+check)

UPC-A* 2B2S No 0-9 Yes (Mod 10) 01234500006

12 digits (NSC+10 data+check)

UPC-E* 2B2S No 0-9 Yes (Mod 10) 01234500006

UPC-A (12 digits) data is shortened to UPC-E (10 digits) data automatically.

Postnet 2LB3SB No 0-9 Yes (Mod 10) 123456789

6, 10, or 12 digits (data+check)

B. Control code summary (bar code)

About bar code element type

Any bar code type can be expressed in bar codes by varying bar elements; narrow bar, wide bar, narrow space, wide space, and intercharacter gap. However, HRI, check digit, and start/end code have to be added manually. If a specific type of bar code other than specified earlier does not satisfy your needs, create your own program to translate data to a specific bar code.

Sample program: Print "CODE39" in code 39 format using bar code element print.

Output:

100 OPEN "LPT1:" AS#1: WIDTH #1,255 110 DC4$=CHR$(&H14):ESC$=CHR$(&H1B) 120 SI$=CHR$(&HF):SO$=CHR$(&HE):ICG=4 130 ' 140 PRINT #1,DC4$;DC4$;"@"; 'Initialize 150 PRINT #1,DC4$;DC4$;"T";CHR$(255); 'Barcode Type:Element Print 160 PRINT #1,DC4$;DC4$;"E";CHR$(0);CHR$(2); 'Narrow Bar: 2/120" 170 PRINT #1,DC4$;DC4$;"E";CHR$(1);CHR$(6); 'WIDE Bar: 6/120" 180 PRINT #1,DC4$;DC4$;"E";CHR$(2);CHR$(2); 'Narrow Space: 2/120" 190 PRINT #1,DC4$;DC4$;"E";CHR$(3);CHR$(6); 'Wide Space: 6/120" 200 PRINT #1,DC4$;DC4$;"E";CHR$(4);CHR$(2); 'Inter Char Gap:2/120" 210 PRINT #1,DC4$;DC4$;"H";CHR$(6); 'Barcode Height:6/12" 220 ' 230 PRINT #1,DC4$;DC4$;"B";CHR$(9*8+7); 'Barcode Data Spequence Start 240 RESTORE 440 250 FOR I=1 TO 9:READ A:PRINT CHR$(A);:NEXT I 260 PRINT #1, CHR$(ICG); 270 FOR J=1 TO 6 280 IF J=1 THEN RESTORE 450 290 IF J=2 THEN RESTORE 460 300 IF J=3 THEN RESTORE 470 310 IF J=4 THEN RESTORE 480 320 IF J=5 THEN RESTORE 490 330 IF J=6 THEN RESTORE 500 340 FOR I=1 TO 9:READ A:PRINT CHR$(A);:NEXT I 350 PRINT #1, CHR$(ICG); 360 NEXT J 370 RESTORE 440 380 FOR I=1 TO 9:READ A:PRINT CHR$(A);:NEXT I 400 PRINT #1, CHR$(13);CHR$(10); 'CR+LF 410 CLOSE#1 420 END 430 ' 440 DATA 0,3,0,2,1,2,1,2,0 450 DATA 1,2,1,2,0,3,0,2,0 460 DATA 1,2,0,2,1,2,0,3,0 470 DATA 0,2,0,2,1,3,0,2,1 480 DATA 1,2,0,2,1,3,0,2,0 490 DATA 1,2,1,3,0,2,0,2,0 500 DATA 0,2,1,3,0,2,1,2,0

B. Control code summary (bar code)

ITEM Mode Code & Hexadecimal n: (Hex.) = selection [1] BAR CODE data DC4, DC4, B, n Specifies the numler ("n") of data to be regarded as

sequence 14, 14, 42, n bar code data.

0 <

n < 44H

[2] Check digit DC4, DC4, C, n Selects/deselects to add a check digit automatically.

14, 14, 43, n n: 00=No,

01=Yes.

[3] Element DC4, DC4, E, n1, n2 Changes the width of a bar, space, or intercharacter

variables 14, 14, 45, n1, n2 gap. n1 specifies the type of element and n2 sets

variable width in n2/120 inches. This command is not effective in postnet bar code. n1: 00=Narrow bar

01=Wide bar 02=Narrow space 03=Wide space 04=Intercharacter gap (ICG)

n2: n2/120" (1≤n2≤127)

[4] HRI font DC4, DC4, F, n Selects HRI character font.

14, 14, 46, n This command is not effective in postnet bar code.

n: 00=Current selected font

[5] Bar code height DC4, DC4, H, n Sets bar code height to n/12 inch (1≤n≤120).

14, 14, 48, n This command is not effective in postnet bar code.

If n≤4, HRI print is disabled.

[6] HRI print DC4, DC4, I, n Selects HRI character not to be printed or to be printed

14, 14, 49, n below or above bar code.

This command is not effective in postnet bar code. n: 00=No print

01=Below bar code 02=Above bar code

[7] Bar code type DC4, DC4, T Selects a bar code type.

14, 14, 54, n n: 00=Industrial 2/5, n: 07=Code 128,

01=Interleave 2/5, 08=EAN 8, 02=Matrix 2/5, 09=EAN 13, 03=Codabar, 0A=UPC-A, 04=Code 11, 0B=UPC-E, 05=Code 39, 0C=Postnet 06=Code 93, FF=Element

[8] Guard bar DC4, DC4, G, n Euables/disables the guard bar extension (long bar).

extension 14, 14, 47, n in EAN and UPC.

n: 00=Disable guard bar extension

01=Enable guard bar extension (default)

[9] Start/stop char. DC4, DC4, N, n Assigns the start and stop character for the Codabar.

assignment 14, 14, 4E, n n: 00=Start character

01=Stop character n: 02={"a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "t", "n", "*"} Default is "a" as the start and stop character

[10] Start/stop char. DC4, DC4, S, n Selects to print the start and stop character as HRI for

print 14, 14, 53, n Codabar, Code 11, Code 39, and Code 93.

n: 00=To print(default)

01=Not to print

[11] Code 128 DC4, DC, V, n Selects code sequence in Code 128 to be treated as a

code sequence 14, 14, 56, n character value or as a character code.

n: 00=character code(default)

01=character value

[12] Bar code end ESC SO Indicates the end of bar code data sequence.

sequence 1B, 0E This sequence is valid when

#27 BAR CODE is to MODE2 in the SUB-MENU of SETUP MODE.

[13] Bar code start ESC SI Treats the following immediate data as a bar code.

sequence 1B, 0F This sequence is valid when

#27 BAR CODE is to MODE2 in the SUB-MENU of SETUP MODE.

B. Control code summary (bar code)

Epson, Italic character set

Note: This character set is selected with ESC t 0 in FX mode. Refer to Control code summary section.

Epson, Italic character set, extended

Note: This character set is selected with ESC 6, ESC I 1, and ESC t 0 in FX mode. Refer to Control code

summary section.

012345678 9A BCDEF

(0) (16) (32) (48) (64) (80) (96) (112)(128) (144)(160) (176)(192) (208) (224)(240)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F

012345678 9A BCDEF

(0) (16) (32) (48) (64) (80) (96) (112)(128) (144)(160) (176)(192) (208) (224)(240)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F

Appendix C. Character sets

C. Character Sets

Epson, Graphic character set

Note: This character set is selected with ESC t 1 in FX mode. Refer to Control code summary section.

Epson, Graphic character set, extended

Note: This character set is selected with ESC 6, ESC I 1, and ESC t 1 in FX mode. Refer to Control code

summary section.

012345678 9A BCDEF

(0) (16) (32) (48) (64) (80) (96) (112)(128) (144)(160) (176)(192) (208) (224)(240)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F

012345678 9A BCDEF

(0) (16) (32) (48) (64) (80) (96) (112)(128) (144)(160) (176)(192) (208) (224)(240)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F

C. Character Sets

IBM character set 1

Note: This character set is selected with ESC 7 in IBM mode. Refer to Control code summary section.

IBM character set 2

Note: This character set is selected with ESC 6 in IBM mode. Refer to Control code summary section.

012345678 9A BCDEF

(0) (16) (32) (48) (64) (80) (96) (112)(128) (144)(160) (176)(192)(208)(224)(240)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F

012345678 9A BCDEF

(0) (16) (32) (48) (64) (80) (96) (112)(128) (144)(160) (176)(192)(208)(224)(240)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F

C. Character Sets

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